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Table 2 Self-reported leisure time physical activity (PA; min/wk) and sitting time (ST; min/day)

From: Dose-response relation of self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity to perceived health in middle age—the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

PA and ST type

Mena

Womena

Alla

Total PA (min/wk)

188 (75–345)*

233 (115–398)

225 (90–375)

 Light PA (min/wk)

75 (30–210)*

113 (50–225)

113 (45–210)

 Brisk PA (min/wk)

75 (10–188)*

75 (23–188)

75 (15–188)

Total PA (MET-min/wk)

713 (248–1350)*

855 (435–1500)

788 (938–1463)

Total sitting time (min/d)

480 (315–615)**

420 (270–570)

450 (300–600)

 Sitting at work (min/d)

210 (60–360)**

210 (60–390)

210 (60–390)

 Sitting at home watching TV or video (min/d)

120 (60–150)**

120 (60–120)

120 (60–120)

 Sitting at home in front of computer (min/d)

60 (30–60)**

30 (30–60)

60 (30–60)

 Sitting in a vehicle (min/d)

60 (30–90)**

30 (15–60)

40 (30–60)

 Sitting in an another place (min/d)

0 (0–60)**

0 (0–60)

0 (0–60)

  1. median (25th–75th percentiles), afor PA: men (n = 2878), women (n = 3506), all (n = 6384), for ST: men (n = 3681), women (n = 3054), all (n = 6735), *different from women (p < 0.001), **different from women (p < 0.05)