Table 5 Association between demographic variables of the owners and physical activity (PA) of the dogs
Variables | Owner-Reported PA of Dogs | Dogs’ Accelerometry | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duration of dog walking (min/day range) | Time dogs spend alone (h/day range) | Freq of walks (nº/day range) | Sedentary time (min/day) | METs (kcal/kg/h) | Step Counts (counts/day) | MPA (min/ day) | VPA (min/day) | MVPA (min/ day) | |
Spearman Correlation (Rho) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Owners | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age | 0.279 | -0.104 | -0.090 | 0.069 | 0.046 | -0.044 | 0.164 | 0.128 | 0.165 |
BMI | -0.006 | 0.217 | -0.013 | 0.294 | -0.156 | -0.146 | -0.108 | -0.061 | -0.11 |
Household composition | -0.415** | 0.047 | 0.222 | -0.237 | -0.104 | -0.184 | -0.127 | 0.036 | -0.110 |