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Table 2 Accelerometer-measured activity of sampled participants (n = 40)a

From: Assessing and understanding sedentary behaviour in office-based working adults: a mixed-method approach

 

Workdays

Non-Workdays

p-value

 

Median (IQR)

 

Median (IQR)

  

Wear days

5.0 (1.0)

 

2.0 (0.0)

  

Wear time/day (minutes)

875.0 (173.0)

 

790.0 (154.0)

 

<0.01*

Steps taken

7494.0 (4415.5)

 

7427.0 (5428)

 

0.76

Wear time spent/day (minutes)

 

%

 

%

 

 Sedentary intensity (<150 CPM)b

667.0 (174.5)

76.9

557.0 (158.0)

69.5

<0.01*

 Light intensity (150–2019 CPM)

177.0 (79.0)

19.7

214.0 (107)

26.4

<0.01*

 Moderate intensity (2020–5999 CPM)

26.0 (29.5)

2.9

19.0 (33.0)

2.2

0.04*

 Moderate-to-vigorous intensity (≥2020 CPM)

27.0 (31.0)

3.0

21.0 (39.0)

2.8

0.14

  1. aparticipants (n = 37) with valid wear time (at least 4 days with at least 10h per day)
  2. bcounts per minute (CPM) based on previously established cut points for activity intensity
  3. *p < 0.05 between workdays and non-workdays