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Table 3 Daily minutes of accelerometer-measured physical activity (PA)

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

Accelerometer measured PA

Men (N = 2413)

Women (N = 3068)

All (N = 5481)

Very light intensity PA (1–2 MET) (min/d)

644 (95)*

621 (88)

631 (92)

Light intensity PA (2–3.5 MET) (min/d)

266 (70)*

288 (73)

278 (72)

Moderate intensity PA (3.5–5 MET) (min/d)

48 (25)*

28 (15)

37 (22)

Vigorous intensity PA (5–8 MET) (min/d)

18 (13)*

28 (17)

23 (16)

Very vigorous intensity PA (>  8 MET) (min/d)

12 (13)*

5 (7)

8 (10)

MVPA (≥ 3.5 MET) (min/d)

79 (39)*

61 (29)

69 (35)

MVPA MET-minutes (MET-min/d)

422 (234)*

329 (177)

370 (209)

  1. mean (SD), *different from women (p < 0.001), MVPA = Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity