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Table 1 Patterns of adolescents’ sitting (mean, SD) by sex and day

From: Exploring when and how adolescents sit: cross-sectional analysis of activPAL-measured patterns of daily sitting time, bouts and breaks

 

All sample (n = 297)

Boys (n = 119)

Girls (n = 178)

 

Weekdaya

Weekend dayb

Weekdaya

Weekend dayb

Weekdaya

Weekend dayb

Sitting

Minutes/day

574.4 (102.68) ¥

514.0 (134.24)

560.93 (119.8) ¥

530.3 (145.0)

583.8 (88.6) ¥

502.7 (125.5)

% of day

68.3 (9.82)

67.9 (13.41)

67.3 (10.56)

69.9 (12.3)

69.1 (9.23)

66.8 (14.0)

Prolonged sitting

% of an hour

28.9 (6.06)

29.7 (8.86)

27.6 (7.03)*

29.6 (8.41)

30.1 (5.08)

29.8 (9.16)

Sitting breaks

Number per hour

3.12 (1.01)

3.15 (1.33)

3.23 (1.17)

3.16 (1.42)

3.18 (0.93)

3.14 (1.28)

Wear time

847.55 (93.28) ¥

749.95 (123.17)

825.84 (111.71)

760.21 (129.03)

838.56 (90.96)

743.17 (119.32)

  1. ¥significant differences between weekdays and weekends p < 0.05; *significant differences between boys and girls; a Includes only those with 8 h of wear time on at least 3 weekdays; b Includes only those with 7 h of wear time on at least one weekend day. This study was conducted in Melbourne, Australia, between August 2014–December 2015