Table 1 Demographic characteristics and device-measured physical activity and sedentary time, in overall and by coutnry

Sample size (n)

2522

271

522

274

319

247

249

302

338

Age (years, mean (SD))

38.3 (13.4)

40.7 (13.0)

39.1 (13.3)

38.7 (13.2)

39.5 (13.9)

38.5 (12.8)

36.5 (13.6)

37.1 (13.4)

36.1 (13.2)

Sex (%)

  Men

46.9

42.1

44.1

46.4

49.8

47.4

50.2

47.0

49.7

  Women

53.1

57.9

55.9

53.6

50.2

52.6

49.8

53.0

50.3

Ethnicity (%)

  Mixed/caucasian

51.2

28.3

19.1

70.0

58.3

37.2

91.6

89.5

44.8

  Black

6.7

7.3

20.3

1.7

6.6

2.8

1.6

1.0

5.1

  White

34.9

61.6

42.0

26.1

29.1

48.4

3.6

7.5

44.8

  Other

7.2

2.8

18.6

2.2

6.0

11.6

3.2

2.0

5.3

Device-measured (median [IQR])

  Sedentary time (min/day)

561.0 (490.7–635.8)

571.9 (501.6–648.5)

549.0 (477.3–618.8)

543.9 (469–8-624.5)

554.7 (494.0–626.4)

561.7 (484.6–620.3)

564.1 (490.7–645.8)

590.3 (516.4–669.6)

564.0 (497.0–640.7)

  Light physical activity (min/day)

306.1 (250.7–373.4)

301.8 (239.9–378.1)

322.3 (257.4–392.1)

316.4 (265.1–389.0)

295.4 (243.5–362.6)

286.1 (234.8–352.4)

309.6 (252.1–376.2)

307.7 (251.7–374.2)

300.2 (250.1–354.9)

  Moraderate physical activity (min/day)

27.7 (16.2–45.6)

26.7 (15.6–44.4)

25.4 (15.4–43.1)

33.2 (22.6–50.5)

30.2 (16.1–44.3)

24.7 (12.8–41.8)

30.8 (17.9–52.8)

29.3 (16.5–51.7)

24.7 (14.3–42.3)

  Vigorous physical activity (min/day)

0.0 (0.0–0.3)

0.0 (0.0–0.2)

0.0 (0.0–0.3)

0.0 (0.0–0.5)

0.0 (0.0–0.3)

0.0 (0.0–0.4)

0.0 (0.0–0.4)

0.0 (0.0–0.2)

0.0 (0.0–0.2)

  MVPA (min/day)

28.3 (16.4–46.4)

27.6 (15.7–44.8)

26.3 (15.7–44.2)

33.5 (22.7–51.0)

30.6 (16.1–45.0)

25.7 (12.8–43.8)

31.3 (17.9–53.1)

29.7 (16.5–51.8)

24.7 (14.3–42.3)

  Steps (counts/day)

9697.8 (6747.3–14,008.2)

7597.7 (5655.8–9651.8)

14,075.6 (10,146.4–17,243,6)

14,741.1 (12,115.5–17,726.0)

7507.7 (5741.8–9954.6)

7086.1 (5269.3–9091.8)

7659.0 (5824.3–102,264)

7954.8 (5978.1–10,510.3)

12,081.7 (8554.1–15,620.8)

  Not meeting MVPA guidelines (%)

35.8

39.4

39.3

21.5

33.2

42.5

30.9

33.1

43.2