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Table 1 Descriptive data (means, SDs) for sociodemographic, adiposity and PA data

From: Are all MVPA minutes equal? Associations between MVPA characteristics, independent of duration, and childhood adiposity

Demographics

Age (years)

 

10.3 (0.6)

 

Parental education (n)

<high school

2 (0.01%)

  

Some high school

40 (9.4%)

  

Completed high school

40 (9.4%)

  

Some post-secondary

157 (37.0%)

  

Bachelor degree

105 (24.8%)

  

Postgraduate

80 (18.9%)

 

Sleep duration (min/day)

 

565 (42)

 

Maturity offset (yr)

 

−1.7 (0.93)

Adiposity

% body fat

 

21.4 (7.3)

MVPA

Duration (min/day)

 

56 (25)

 

Bout length (α)

 

1.87 (0.10)

 

Time of day (T50%) (h:min)

 

14:01 (1:09)

 

Consistency (%)

 

50.1 (17.6)

 

Intensity (cpm)

 

3734 (753)

  1. Duration is average daily minutes of MVPA; Bout length is the α value representing the magnitude of relationship between bout duration and bout frequency (higher α = shorter bout lengths); Time of day is the mean time of day at which 50% of MVPA has been accumulated (higher T50% = later participation); Consistency is the inverse of coefficient of variation of daily MVPA minutes (higher = more consistent participation); Intensity is the mean CPM value of MVPA.
  2. Values are mean (SD) of untransformed values unless indicated.
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BMC Public Health

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