Table 1 2012 total and domain-specific MET minutes/week, and percentage contributions, by sex, age, weight status
From: A profile of children’s physical activity data from the 2012 and 2015 health survey for England
Category | n | Total | Active Travel | Non-Specific | Formal | Informal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | ||
Cohort | 1732 | 3326.3 (3054.4) | 183.2 (275.4) | 5.5 | 112.5 (494.3) | 3.4 | 470.4 (934.7) | 14.1 | 2560.3 (2840.0) | 79.7 |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 862 | 3682.6 (3297.6) | 189.0 (288.5) | 5.4 | 106.1 (430.0) | 3.1 | 611.6 (1086.9) | 18.8 | 2775.8 (2571.9) | 72.7 |
Female | 870 | 2973.4 (2749.5) | 177.5 (261.8) | 6.0 | 118.8 (550.9) | 4.0 | 330.4 (728.4) | 11.9 | 2346.8 (2173.8) | 78.1 |
Effect by Sex | t = 4.86 ** | t = 0.87 | t = -0.53 | t = 6.33 ** | t = 3.15 ** | |||||
Age Group | ||||||||||
2–4 | 428 | 3636.0 (3725.2) | 93.2 (160.7) | 2.6 | 16.0 (97.8) | 0.4 | 200.6 (616.4) | 5.5 | 3326.2 (3643.4) | 91.5 |
5–7 | 376 | 3139.2 (2511.6) | 160.7 (183.1) | 5.1 | 78.0 (292.8) | 2.5 | 372.3 (586.0) | 11.9 | 2528.3 (2497.8) | 80.5 |
8–10 | 368 | 3355.8 (2717.5) | 169.4 (210.0) | 5.0 | 136.5 (387.4) | 4.1 | 606.0 (1009.2) | 18.1 | 2444.0 (2481.2) | 72.8 |
11–12 | 260 | 3561.9 (3205.3) | 289.2 (385.5) | 8.1 | 206.1 (815.0) | 5.8 | 710.7 (1190.9) | 20.0 | 2355.9 (2676.7) | 66.1 |
13–15 | 300 | 2878.6 (3054.4) | 264.9 (385.1) | 9.2 | 182.8 (711.2) | 6.4 | 603.5 (1183.4) | 21.0 | 1827.4 (2308.6) | 63.5 |
Effect by Age | F = 4.42 ** | F = 28.58 ** | F = 8.23 ** | F = 18.34 ** | F = 14.92 ** | |||||
Weight Status | ||||||||||
Normal | 947 | 3254.1 (2961.2) | 186.7 (274.0) | 5.7 | 127.5 (503.7) | 3.9 | 500.9 (963.2) | 15.4 | 2439.0 (2742.6) | 75.0 |
Overweight | 190 | 3566.9 (3345.6) | 213.7 (311.7) | 6.0 | 174.0 (812.4) | 4.9 | 534.6 (1080.9) | 15.0 | 2644.5 (3017.5) | 74.1 |
Obese | 184 | 3452.3 (3074.7) | 195.4 (287.0) | 5.7 | 64.7 (215.3) | 1.9 | 603.9 (1130.1) | 17.5 | 2588.3 (2667.2) | 75.0 |
Effect by Weight Status | F = 0.85 | F = 0.53 | F = 3.55 * | F = 0.18 | F = 0.87 | |||||