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Table 4 Accelerometer measured time spent in different intensities of physical activity (PA), sedentary time (ST) and bouts of ST in four-year-old children (N = 899). Test for differences within children from paired t-test

From: Objectively measured physical activity patterns, sedentary time and parent-reported screen-time across the day in four-year-old Swedish children

Time spent in different levels of PA

Weekend day Mean (SE)

Weekday Mean (SE)

Weekend day vs. weekday Difference (95% CI)*

Wear time (hours/day)

12.0 (0.03)

12.3 (0.02)

−0.30 (−0,36, −0.24)

Total PA (cpm/day)

1427.2 (11.9)

1507.5 (10.3)

−80.3 (−102.4, −58.2)

LPA (minutes/day)

341.2 (2.0)

368.7 (1.7)

−27.4 (−31.2, −23.6)

MVPA (minutes/day)

47.7 (0.9)

51.4 (0.8)

−3.7 (−5.3, −2.1)

VPA (minutes/day)

10.4 (0.4)

10.6 (0.3)

−0.2 (−0.9, 0.6)

ST (minutes/day)

330.8 (2.5)

317.8 (1.9)

13.0 (8.6, 17.4)

10 min ST bout (minutes/day)

298.5 (3.1)

281.4 (2.4)

17.2 (11.8, 22.6)

20 min ST bout (minutes/day)

176.5 (2.8)

160.8 (2.1)

15.6 (10.5, 20.8)

60 min ST bout (minutes/day)

63.5 (2.3)

46.2 (1.4)

17.2 (12.7, 21.8)

  1. SE standard error, CI confidence interval