Time kinetics of physical activity, sitting, and quality of life measures within a regional workplace: a cross–sectional analysis

Table 2 Mean ± SD and change from initial cohort for physical activity and sitting for staff of the follow-up cohort

	Follow-up cohort		MD
	Male (n = 98)	Female (n = 233)	Male (n = 73)	Female (n = 130)
Work (MET-minutes per week)
Walking	91 ± 216	50 ± 157^*	−59	−135
Moderate activity	197 ± 780	156 ± 837	70	43
Vigorous activity	216 ± 1014	186 ± 839	−88	113
Total	503 ± 1530	393 ± 1635^**	−79	21
Transport (MET-minutes per week)
Walking	141 ± 282	103 ± 218	−216^†	−229^†
Cycling	321 ± 739	161 ± 663^*	40	−120
Total	463 ± 776	263 ± 709^*	−176	−351^††
Yard/garden (MET-minutes per week)
Vigorous yard chores	518 ± 753	468 ± 914	−32	58
Moderate yard chores	481 ± 639	657 ± 803^*	107	148
Moderate inside chores	223 ± 285	548 ± 677^**	−18	96
Total	1185 ± 1316	1644 ± 1664^**	20	274^†
Leisure (MET-minutes per week)
Walking	297 ± 400	368 ± 475	12	30
Moderate activity	388 ± 522	283 ± 415^*	212^†	39
Vigorous activity	206 ± 383	160 ± 325	−651^††	−448^††
Total	890 ± 904	811 ± 880	−428^††	−379^††
Total physical activity (MET-minutes per week)
Walking	529 ± 551	521 ± 571	−263^†	−335^††
Moderate activity	2127 ± 1680	2273 ± 2232	377^††	264^†
Vigorous activity	421 ± 1076	346 ± 909	−741^††	−336^††
Physical activity	3077 ± 2387	3140 ± 3030	−628^††	−406^††
Sitting (minutes)
Total per week	3101 ± 1123	3052 ± 938	232^††	192^†
Total per day	443 ± 161	436 ± 134	33	27

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