Table 2 The association of age with habitual daily activity corrected for gender

Movement intensity (m/s²)

0.0401 (0.0012)

0.0407 (0.0018)

0.0448 (0.0020)^a

0.0411 (0.0019)^a

0.0378 (0.0013)^a

0.0308 (0.0009)^b

0.0230 (0.0010)^b

 Total duration of walking (hrs)

1.43 (0.06)

1.44 (0.09)

1.58 (0.10)

1.43 (0.09)

1.39 (0.07)

1.16 (0.04)^b

0.78 (0.05)^b

 Bouts of walking (n)

440 (19)

477 (28)

542 (32)^a

486 (30)

478 (21)

428 (14)^b

322 (16)^b

 Maximum walking bout duration (s)

349.99 (32.83)

319.05 (49.28)

370.64 (55.58)

365.27 (52.17)

353.96 (37.06)

269.06 (25.01)^b

156.18 (27.85)^b

 Total duration of cycling (hrs)

0.23 (0.03)

0.19 (0.05)

0.28 (0.05)

0.28 (0.05)

0.26 (0.04)

0.20 (0.02)^a

0.13 (0.03)^a

 Total duration of standing (hrs)

2.79 (0.11)

2.89 (0.16)

3.35 (0.18)^a

3.14 (0.17)

3.18 (0.12)

2.96 (0.08)^a

2.60 (0.09)^b

 Total duration of sitting (hrs)

7.94 (0.24)

8.48 (0.36)

8.53 (0.40)

8.54 (0.38)

8.93 (0.27)

9.16 (0.18)

9.77 (0.20)^a

 Bouts of sitting (n)

149 (7)

153 (11)

159 (13)

164 (12)

166 (8)

138 (6)^b

125 (6)^a

 Total duration of lying (hrs)

10.51 (0.23)

10.18 (0.34)

9.40 (0.39)^a

9.80 (0.36)

9.44 (0.26)

9.80 (0.17)^a

10.06 (0.19)