Associations between physical activity patterns and dietary patterns in a representative sample of Polish girls aged 13-21 years: a cross-sectional study (GEBaHealth Project)

Table 3 Mean physical activity in MET-minutes/week (with 95 % Confidence Intervals) by tertiles of physical activity patterns

		Bottom	Middle	Upper
Total physical activity		284.5^a,b (273.3; 295.7)	626.6^a,c (615.4; 637.9)	1555.8^b,c (1478.7; 1632.9)
‘School/work activity’ pattern	A	505.6^a,b (459.6; 551.6)	608.0^a,c (574.4; 641.6)	1372.2^b,c (1285.9; 1458.5)
‘Active recreation’ pattern	B	822.8^a,b (742.6; 903.0)	596.1^a,c (548.0; 644.3)	1076.2^b,c (1000.4; 1152.1)
‘Yard activity’ pattern	C	818.9^a,b (736.3; 901.4)	625.1^a,c (567.2; 682.9)	1053.1^b,c (984.5; 1121.6)
‘Walking & domestic activity’ pattern	D	678.4^a (608.7; 748.0)	702.4^b (641.6; 763.2)	1113.7^a,b (1036.8; 1190.6)
		A-B, A-C, A-D, B-D, C-D	A-D, B-D	A-B, A-C, A-D

All data adjusted for sample weights and logarithmically transformed before analysis
a-a, b-b, c-c – significant differences between tertiles within each pattern at p < 0.05
A-B,…, C-D – significant differences between the same tertiles of various patterns at p < 0.05

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