Validity of the global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) in Bangladesh

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Table 2 Spearman correlation coefficients for all GPAQ and domain specific MVPA against accelerometer indicators

Accelerometer Indicators		GPAQ
Accelerometer Indicators		Total MVPA MET-mins/day	Work-related activities MET-mins/day	Travel-related activity MET-mins/day	Leisure-time activities MET-mins/day	Sitting
All	Steps/day	0.28**	0.25**	0.08	0.11	−0.14
	MVPA (mins/day)	0.18*	0.13	0.03	0.12	−0.10
	CPM (Axis 1)	0.24**	0.23**	0.02	0.11	−0.18*
	Light (mins/day)	0.17*	0.29**	−0.07	0.003	−0.21*
	Sitting (mins/day)	−0.23**	−0.21*	−0.08	−0.11	0.23**
Urban	Steps/day	0.63**	0.55**	0.52**	0.41**	−0.03
	MVPA mins/day	0.46**	0.38**	0.49**	0.26*	0.04
	CPM (Axis 1)	0.55**	0.50**	0.46**	0.29*	0.02
	Light (mins/day)	0.57**	0.58**	0.29*	0.27*	−0.10
	Sitting (mins/day)	−0.42**	−0.43**	−0.24	−0.28*	0.07
Rural	Steps/day	0.05	0.07	−0.13	−0.12	−0.17
	MVPA mins/day	0.0001	−0.03	−0.20*	0.02	−0.17
	CPM (Axis 1)	−0.01	0.02	−0.23*	−0.05	−0.33**
	Light (mins/day)	−0.2	0.05	−0.30**	−0.20	−0.27**
	Sitting (mins/day)	−0.10	−0.05	−0.001	0.02	0.38**

*Statistically significantly different from 0 at p < 0.05 **Statistically significantly different from 0 at p < 0.01

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