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Table 3 Optimal steps/day from ROC analysis and Colley et al. thresholds a for censored and uncensored steps by activity cut point for children and adolescents

From: Steps/day translation of the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity guideline for children and adolescents

  

Children

 
 

Freedson 3 METS

Freedson 4 METS

Evenson

 

Optimal

Colleya

Optimal

Colleya

Optimal

Colleya

Censored

      

Boys 6–11 yrs

6,500

12,000

9,500

12,000

10,500

12,000

 FP/FNb

(0%/6%)

(0%/68%)

(17%/21%)

(0%/59%)

(19%/20%)

(5%/39%)

 Accuracy

.94

.35

.80

.56

.81

.80

 AUC

.99 (.98–1.0)

.91 (.88–.94)

.90 (.87–.93)

Girls 6–11 yrs

6,500

12,000

9,000

12,000

10,500

12,000

 FP/FNb

(0%/15%)

(0%/83%)

(15%/21%)

(1%/74%)

(21%/15%)

(6%/42%)

 Accuracy

.85

.19

.81

.55

.80

.86

 AUC

.88 (.85–.91)

.90 (.88–.93)

.88 (.85–.92)

Uncensored

      

Boys 6–11 yrs

8,500

12,000

12,000

12,000

13,000

12,000

 FP/FNb

(9%/6%)

(0%/33%)

(20%/21%)

(20%/21%)

(26%/21%)

(43%/9%)

 Accuracy

.94

.68

.79

.79

.76

.72

 AUC

.99 (.97–1.0)

.88 (.85–.92)

.86 (.83–.90)

Girls 6–11 yrs

8,500

12,000

11,500

12,000

13,500

12,000

 FP/FNb

(0%/9%)

(0%/48%)

(24%/19%)

(17%/27%)

(22%/27%)

(42%/11%)

 Accuracy

.91

.53

.79

.77

.77

.65

 AUC

.97 (.95–1.0)

.87 (.84–.90)

.84 (.80–.89)

  

Adolescents

 
 

Freedson 3 METS

Freedson 4 METS

Evenson

 

Optimal

Colley a

Optimal

Colley a

Optimal

Colley a

Censored

      

Boys 12–17 yrs

8,500

12,000

11,500

12,000

10,500

12,000

 FP/FNb

(21%/21%)

(1%/68%)

(11%/14%)

(8%/22%)

(15%/21%)

(3%/34%)

 Accuracy

.79

.61

.88

.90

.83

.90

 AUC

.99 (.97–1.0)

.93 (.91–.96)

.93 (.91–.95)

Girls 12–17 yrs

7,500

12,000

9,000

12,000

9,500

12,000

 FP/FNb

(23%/16%)

(0%/82%)

(18%/19%)

(4%/52%)

(12%/13%)

(2%/41%)

 Accuracy

.79

.78

.82

.95

.88

.95

 AUC

.88 (.86–.91)

.87 (.78–.96)

.93 (.88–.98)

Uncensored

      

Boys 12–17 yrs

11,000

12,000

14,000

12,000

13,000

12,000

 FP/FNb

(28%/24%)

(16%/38%)

(15%/17%)

(34%/6%)

(21%/19%)

(29%/13%)

 Accuracy

.74

.72

.84

.70

.80

.75

 AUC

.84 (.82–.87)

.91 (.88–.94)

.89 (.87–.92)

Girls 12–17 yrs

10,500

12,000

11,500

12,000

12,000

12,000

 FP/FNb

(24%/24%)

(9%/52%)

(23%/19%)

(19%/24%)

(17%/18%)

(17%/18%)

 Accuracy

.76

.79

.77

.81

.83

.83

 AUC

.85 (.81–.88)

.84 (.73–.95)

.90 (.83–.96)

  1. a Colley et al. thresholds are 12,000 steps/day across gender and age groups.
  2. bFP/FN is false positives and false negatives.
  3. Accuracy = (true positives + true negatives)/(true positives + true negatives + false positives + false negatives).
  4. AUC = area under the curve.