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Table 3 Concurrent validity of the OSPAQ for measuring occupational activities compared with accelerometer-assessed measures

From: The occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ): a validation study with accelerometer-assessed measures

	Total sample (401)		Physically active jobs (331^a)		Sedentary jobs (65^a)
	r	ICC	r	ICC	r	ICC
% Sitting	0.69	0.84	0.63	0.81	0.70	0.81
% Standing	0.53	0.64	0.47	0.61	0.66	0.75
% Walking	0.49	0.50	0.43	0.46	0.48	0.42
% Heavy labour	0.35	0.28	0.25	0.20	0.49	0.32

Spearman correlations = r; Intraclass correlations = ICC; ^a = 5 missings

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