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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of population and segment durations

From: Validation of a previous day recall for measuring the location and purpose of active and sedentary behaviors compared to direct observation

 

Adults

Adolescents

Total sample

DO subset

Total sample

DO subset

N

102

15

117

15

Age (yrs)

41.3 (14.8)

33.1 (11.5)*

14.3 (1.7)

14.5 (1.8)

BMI

26.9 (5.4)

26.6 (6.5)

21.4 (4.5)

20.4 (2.6)

Female N (%)

51 (53.7%)

8 (53.3%)

53 (49.1%)

6 (44.4%)

% Sedentary

62.6 (11.9)

58.4 (12.6)

68.3 (10.4)

66.3 (13.5)

 

DO

PDR

DO

PDR

Morning (min)

274.1 (60.9)

298.0 (66.1)

202.5 (42.9)

226.7 (64.5)

Afternoon (min)

266.7 (101.6)

316.6 (108.9)

290.6 (49.2)

303.9 (54.0)

Evening (min)

140.0 (45.6)

151.9 (44.5)

177.3 (46.6)

211.8 (45.9)

  1. Note: Total sample refers to Matthews et al. [15], from which the direct observation (DO) subset was recruited. PDR is previous day recall. Values are mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated. *Indicates significant difference between overall sample and DO sample (P < 0.05).