Objectively evaluated physical activity and sedentary time in primary school children by gender, grade and types of physical education lessons

Table 4 Physical activity or sedentary behavior during physical education lesson by type of lesson

Dependent variables	Type of lesson	Estimated mean ± SE	Type of lesson	Estimated mean ± SE	Type of lesson	Estimated mean ± SE
	LPA		MPA		VPA
Non-ambulatory (min)	Gymnastics	11.7 ± 0.4^a	Gymnastics	3.8 ± 0.2^a	Gymnastics	0.5 ± 0.1^a
	Track and field	12.8 ± 0.3^a	Track and field	2.1 ± 0.1^b	Track and field	1.2 ± 0.1^b
	Ball games	10.4 ± 0.3^b	Ball games	1.8 ± 0.1^b	Ball games	0.4 ± 0.1^a
Ambulatory (min)	Gymnastics	8.1 ± 0.5^a	Gymnastics	4.9 ± 0.4^a	Gymnastics	0.6 ± 0.2^a
	Track and field	9.8 ± 0.3^b	Track and field	5.3 ± 0.3^a	Track and field	2.1 ± 0.1^b
	Ball games	12.3 ± 0.3^c	Ball games	9.3 ± 0.3^b	Ball games	1.9 ± 0.1^b
Total (min)	Gymnastics	19.8 ± 0.5^a	Gymnastics	8.7 ± 0.4^a	Gymnastics	1.1 ± 0.2^a
	Track and field	22.6 ± 0.4^b	Track and field	7.4 ± 0.4^b	Track and field	3.3 ± 0.2^b
	Ball games	22.6 ± 0.4^b	Ball games	11.1 ± 0.3^c	Ball games	2.3 ± 0.2^c
	MVPA		Sedentary time
Non-ambulatory (min)	Gymnastics	4.4 ± 0.2^a	Gymnastics	15.4 ± 0.7^a
	Track and field	3.3 ± 0.2^b	Track and field	11.7 ± 0.6^b
	Ball games	2.2 ± 0.2^c	Ball games	9.0 ± 0.5^c
Ambulatory (min)	Gymnastics	5.5 ± 0.5^a
	Track and field	7.4 ± 0.4^b
	Ball games	11.2 ± 0.4^c
Total (min)	Gymnastics	9.9 ± 0.5^a
	Track and field	10.7 ± 0.4^a
	Ball games	13.4 ± 0.4^b

Adjusted for gender, grade, relative body weight, school
Abbreviations: LPA light physical activity, MPA moderate physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, SE standard error, VPA vigorous physical activity
Different letters indicate statistically significant differences among the three types of lessons (p < 0.05)

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