Food intake, physical activity and body composition of adolescents and young adults: data from Brazilian Study of Nutrition and Health

Table 2 Physical activity (total and by domain) and sitting time practiced, according to age groups

Physical activity (PA)	Age group	n	Percentiles			95%CI	p value*
Physical activity (PA)	Age group	n	25	50	75	95%CI	p value*
METs-min/week	15–19.9	235	198	672	2383.50	1480.04–2176.74	< 0.001
METs-min/week	20–24.9	241	132	396	1059	737.58–1198.60	< 0.001
Total PA (min/week)	15–19.9	235	75	250	840	362.93–458.93	0.006
Total PA (min/week)	20–24.9	241	60	140	530	266.24–351.36	0.006
Transportation PA (min/week)	15–19.9	235	30	100	200	144.60–205.57	0.359
Transportation PA (min/week)	20–24.9	241	25	80	190	146.30–211.18	0.359
Leisure PA (min/week)	15–19.9	235	0	60	600	244.96–341.24	0.001
Leisure PA (min/week)	20–24.9	241	0	0	200	132.84–205.00	0.001
Sitting time (min/week)	15–19.9	235	150	252.86	342.86	248.29–292.04	0.123
Sitting time (min/week)	20–24.9	241	115.71	214.29	360	232.94–281.08	0.123

*Mann-Whitney at the 5% significance level
95%CI 95% confidence interval, METs Metabolic equivalent task, min minutes, PA Physical activity

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