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

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Table 3 Spearman Correlation Coefficient between GPAQ MVPA MET-mins/day and accelerometer measures in subgroups

Sub groups		Steps/day	MVPA (mins/day)	CPM (Axis 1)
Gender
All	Male (n = 70)	0.05	−0.10	0.04
All	Female (n = 85)	0.49**	0.42**	0.46**
Urban	Male (n = 26)	0.56**	0.61**	0.53**
Urban	Female (n = 35)	0.67**	0.55**	0.65**
Rural	Male (n = 44)	0.15	0.01	0.22
Rural	Female (n = 50)	0.21	0.29*	0.30*
Age, years
All	≤35 (n = 93)	0.34**	0.31**	0.32**
All	> 35 (n = 62)	0.19	−0.03	0.10
Urban	≤35 (n = 49)	0.59**	0.48**	0.52**
Urban	> 35 (n = 12)	0.73**	0.50	0.71**
Rural	≤35 (n = 44)	0.12	0.19	0.11
Rural	> 35 (n = 50)	0	−0.18	−0.11
Education
All	Illiterate (n = 30)	0.22	0.27	0.35
	Primary school level (n = 37)	0.38*	0.23	0.20
	High school level (n = 61)	0.05	−0.01	0.01
	University level (n = 27)	0.51*	0.48*	0.45*
Urban	Illiterate (n = 9)	0.30	0.12	0.53
	Primary school level (n = 7)	0.32	0.10	0
	High school level (n = 23)	0.31	0.22	0.20
	University level (n = 22)	0.68**	0.76**	0.67**
Rural	Illiterate (n = 21)	0.15	0.38	0.32
	Primary school level (n = 30)	0.34	0.20	0.16
	High school level (n = 38)	−0.28	−0.30	−0.24
	University level (n = 5)	0.50	0.80	0.87

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

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