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Table 2 Unadjusted median values with 5 th and 95 th percentiles for physical activity measured by pedometers and accelerometers categorised by gender and day of the week for all measurement years combined

From: Longitudinal patterns of physical activity in children aged 8 to 12 years: the LOOK study

 

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Sat

Sun

 

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Pedometer steps/day

11550

9409

12276

9442

12104

9995

12204

10476

12971

10392

9134

8338

8008

6941

(3774-19545)

(3031-16906)

(4114-21412)

(3141-16384)

(3627-20841)

(2808-17325)

(4106-21379)

(3750-17296)

(3505-22049)

(3451-18751)

(2189-20033)

(2099-16984)

(1852-18418)

(1919-15620)

% meeting step per day recommendations a

36

32

43

34

44

38

44

44

50

45

26

28

21

18

Accelerometer wear time (hr/day, mean and standard deviation)

13.16

13.16

13.19

13.18

13.05

13.29

13.06

13.26

13.88

13.98

13.08

13.22

12.57

12.35

(1.74)

(1.58)

(4.6)

(4.5)

(4.52)

(1.44)

(1.61)

(1.5)

(1.75)

(1.71)

(1.86)

(1.84)

(1.74)

(1.71)

% returned accelerometers meeting validation criteria c

70

70

71

70

70

75

72

70

73

74

60

62

53

54

Accelerometer Counts (counts per day/1000)

397

338

419

361

434

363

447

387

457

407

338

316

307

302

(210-807)

(189-663)

(216-885)

(184-656)

(250-869)

(204-754)

(238-849)

(206-707)

(254-830)

(233-727)

(144-796)

(148-795)

(123-796)

(122-763)

MVPA (min/day)

42

30

44

32

49

33

52

35

51

37

27

22

23

18

(11-104)

(7-85)

(11-121)

(6-76)

(13-117)

(7-85)

(11-117)

(7-87)

(15-118)

(10-95)

(3-90)

(2-81)

(2-90)

(2-78)

Light (min/day)

339

340

340.5

340

351

341

338

354

369.5

376

338

342

315

316

(231-466)

(231-440)

(133-468)

(184-472)

(228-459)

(224-440)

(221-469)

(234-466)

(247-488)

(256-492)

(192-447)

(210-494)

(180-447)

(188-457)

Sedentary (min/day)

385

408

369

390

372

400

367

389

380

391

385

381

380

371

(250-534)

(275-536)

(178-517)

(209-527)

(231-501)

(271-552)

(240-505)

(244-536)

(243-528)

(253-537)

(226-566)

(233-549)

(233-566)

(226-530)

% meeting MVPA recommendations b

29

15

33

16

38

18

41

19

39

21

22

12

16

10

  1. a Step recommendations based on accumulating >11,000 steps/day for girls and >13,000 steps/day for boys.
  2. b MVPA recommendations based on accumulating >60 minutes of MVPA per day.
  3. c Validation criteria based on >10 hours of wear time per day.