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Table 4 PA patterns throughout the day for children with and without overweight

From: Physical activity around the clock: objectively measured activity patterns in young children of the GECKO Drenthe cohort

Segment

Overweight (mean minutes / hour)

Non-overweight (mean minutes / hour)

Estimate [95%CI] (minutes / hour)

Sedentary time (ST)

 ST 7:00–09:00

37.1 [35.6; 38.5]

36.6 [36.2; 37.1]

0.4 [−1.1; 2.0]

 ST 9:00–12:00

31.6 [30.3; 32.9]

32.2 [31.8; 32.6]

−0.6 [−2.0; 0.7]

 ST 12:00–15:00

29.4 [28.2; 30.7]

30.3 [29.9; 30.7]

−0.9 [−2.2; 0.4]

 ST 15:00–18:00

31.2 [29.7; 32.6]

30.4 [29.9; 30.8]

0.8 [−0.7; 2.3]

 ST 18:00–21:00

32.6 [30.5; 34.7]

35.1 [34.4; 35.8]

−2.5 [−4.7; −0.4]

 Cumulative ST (per day)a

343.8 [332.8; 354.7]

348.6 [345.2; 351.9]

−4.8 [−16.2; 6.6]

Light physical activity (LPA)

 LPA 7:00–09:00

20.1 [18.8; 21.3]

20.7 [20.4; 21.1]

−0.7 [−1.9; 0.6]

 LPA 9:00–12:00

23.5 [22.5; 24.5]

22.9 [22.6; 23.2]

0.6 [−0.4; 1.6]

 LPA 12:00–15:00

24.7 [23.8; 25.6]

24.0 [23.7; 24.3]

0.7 [−0.2; 1.7]

 LPA 15:00–18:00

22.7 [21.7; 23.7]

22.9 [22.6; 23.2]

−0.2 [−1.2; 0.8]

 LPA 18:00–21:00

21.1 [19.7; 22.5]

19.2 [18.8; 19.7]

1.8 [0.4; 3.3]

 Cumulative LPA (per day)a

252.5 [244.6; 260.3]

247.7 [245.3; 250.1]

4.8 [− 3.4; 13.0]

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)b

 MVPA 7:00–09:00

2.5 (1.4–3.8)

2.1 (1.3–3.4)

0.1 [−0.1; 0.2]

 MVPA 9:00–12:00

4.7 (3.1–6.3)

4.4 (3.1–6.2)

−0.01 [− 0.1; 0.1]

 MVPA 12:00–15:00

5.2 (3.6–7.6)

5.4 (3.8–7.2)

0.02 [− 0.1; 0.1]

 MVPA 15:00–18:00

5.5 (3.6–8.4)

6.4 (4.4–8.7)

−0.1 [− 0.2; 0.03]

 MVPA 18:00–21:00

5.3 (3.2–8.6)

4.5 (2.5–8.0)

0.2 [− 0.01; 0.4]

 Cumulative MVPA (per day)a

56.7 (44.2–73.8)

57.5 (44.0–75.0)

−0.01 [− 0.1; 0.1]

  1. Descriptives of ST and LPA are presented as adjusted means and 95% confidence intervals. Descriptives of MVPA are presented as medians with 25th and 75th percentiles. Analyses were performed using linear mixed models, adjusted for sex, age at PA measurement, age at BMI measurement and season. The bold values were statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  2. a Analyses additionally adjusted for accelerometer weartime
  3. b Statistical testing for MVPA was performed using log-transformed MVPA