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Table 3 Demographic differences in physical activity and sedentary behaviour and interactions with ethnicity

From: Differences in objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour between white Europeans and south Asians recruited from primary care: cross-sectional analysis of the PROPELS trial

 

Actigraph

activPAL

LPA

MVPA

Steps

Sitting Time

Standing Time

Stepping Time

Occupation

 Sedentary

268 (259; 277)

29 (26; 32)

6352 (5971; 6733)

591 (577: 607)

257 (244; 270)

98 (92; 104)

 Standing

319 (308; 329)

31 (27; 35)

7511 (7081; 7942)

502 (485; 518)

326 (313; 340)

119 (113; 125)

 Manual

342 (329; 355)

33 (29; 38)

8214 (7680; 8747)

512 (491; 533)

312 (294; 330)

125 (117; 133)

 Retired/Other

308 (300; 316)

31 (29; 34)

7200 (6860; 7541)

540 (526; 554)

297 (285; 308)

111 (106; 116)

 p-valuea

≤0.001

0.190

≤0.001

≤0.001

≤0.001

≤0.001

 Interaction p-valueb

0.890

0.092

0.159

0.878

0.533

0.680

Sex

 Male

289 (283; 295)

36 (34; 38)

7368 (7124; 7612)

563 (553; 573)

273 (265; 282)

111 (108–115)

 Female

319 (313; 325)

26 (24; 28)

6946 (6698; 7193)

523 (513; 533)

314 (306; 323)

110 (106–114)

 p-valuea

≤0.001

≤0.001

0.020

≤0.001

≤0.001

0.645

 Interaction p-valueb

0.848

0.008

0.037

0.047

0.006

0.575

Age

 Adults

309 (303; 314)

34 (32–36)

7484 (7259; 7710)

539 (530–548)

295 (288; 303)

114 (110; 117)

 Older Adults

294 (286; 302)

26 (23–29)

6562 (6300; 6894)

551 (538–565)

292 (280; 303)

105 (100–110)

 p-valuea

0.007

≤0.001

≤0.001

0.158

0.614

0.010

 Interaction p-valueb

0.676

0.077

0.121

0.514

0.780

0.265

Education

 None

318 (309; 328)

29 (26; 32)

6985 (6595; 7375)

549 (534; 564)

290 (278; 303)

109 (104; 115)

 GCSE

309 (300; 318)

31 (28; 34)

7403 (7053; 7752)

532 (518; 546)

301 (290; 313)

116 (110; 121)

 A-level/College

307 (299; 315)

31 (29; 34)

7145 (6819; 7471)

537 (523; 550)

300 (288; 311)

112 (107; 117)

 University

283 (275; 292)

33 (30; 36)

7132 (6782; 7483)

556 (542; 571)

284 (272; 296)

107 (101; 112)

 p-valuea

≤0.001

0.080

0.444

0.056

0.137

0.085

 Interaction p-valueb

0.591

0.154

0.048

0.076

0.126

0.209

  1. Data as a marginal mean (95% confidence interval)
  2. Model 2: aTesting difference between groups, adjusted for wear time (Actigraph), wake time (activPAL), number of valid wear days (both devices), season of data collection, ethnicity, age, sex, occupation type, education, smoking status and IMD score (unless grouped by variable)
  3. bEthnicity interaction, adjusted for wear time (Actigraph), wake time (activPAL), number of valid wear days (both devices), season of data collection, age, sex, occupation type, education, smoking status and IMD score (unless grouped by variable)
  4. LPA Light intensity Physical Activity, MVPA Moderate to Vigorous intensity Physical Activity
  5. Bold values highlight statistical significance of ≤0.05 
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