Workers’ physical activity data contribute to estimating maximal oxygen consumption: a questionnaire study to concurrently assess workers’ sedentary behavior and cardiorespiratory fitness

Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between measured VO_2max and other values (n = 198)

	Age (years)	Sex women:0, men:1	BMI	WG (cm)	%fat	Sitting time (min·d⁻¹)
	Age (years)	Sex women:0, men:1	BMI	WG (cm)	%fat	Commuting time	Working time	Leisure time on workday	Non-workday	Total
r	−0.29	0.48	−0.20	−0.24	− 0.64	−0.11	− 0.02	−0.27	− 0.07	−0.15
P	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	0.14	0.79	< 0.01	0.36	0.03
	Working time	Leisure time on workday (points)			Non-workday (points)			PA score (points)
	PA intensity (points)	Exercise frequency	Exercise duration	Exercise intensity	Exercise frequency	Exercise duration	Exercise intensity	PA score (points)
r	0.22	0.29	0.35	0.42	0.31	0.36	0.43	0.47
P	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.01

BMI body mass index, PA physical activity, VO_2max maximal oxygen consumption, WG waist girth. Correlation coefficient (r) and its P value are displayed

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