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Table 2 Daily activity-related energy expenditure in domains as a proportion (mean [SD]; median (IQR)) of total energy expenditure ab.

From: Hours spent and energy expended in physical activity domains: Results from The Tomorrow Projectcohort in Alberta, Canada

 

Domains of activity

 

Men (N = 6,134)

Women (N = 9,457)

Activity

N

Leisure

Occupational

Household

All domains

N

Leisure

Occupational

Household

All domains

Very active (PAL≥1.9)

3028

8.1 [7.7]

5.7 (10.1)

31.5 [12.4]

32.7 (16.8)

7.3 [6.4]

5.9 (7.0)

47.2 [6.0]

46.4 (9.3)

4062

7.6 [7.0]

5.6 (9.0)

20.8 [12.1]

21.3 (17.6)

17.5 [10.6]

14.9 (13.1)

46.1 [5.9]

44.9 (8.6)

Active (1.6≤PAL<1.9)

1840

8.2 [6.5]

6.9 (9.5)

17.6 [8.7]

17.6 (11.7)

7.3 [5.8]

5.9 (6.8)

33.4 [2.8]

33.5 (4.9)

3328

6.7 [5.4]

5.4 (7.3)

12.0 [8.1]

12.3 (13.0)

14.7 [7.3]

13.4 (9.8)

33.5 [2.8]

33.5 (4.8)

Low activity (1.4≤PAL<1.6)

919

6.6 [5.3]

5.4 (7.5)

10.9 [7.1]

11.8 (10.3)

6.9 [5.5]

5.4 (6.3)

24.6 [2.5]

24.9 (4.4)

1637

5.0 [4.1]

4.0 (5.6)

6.6 [6.0]

5.9 (11.1)

13.0 [5.8]

12.4 (8.5)

24.7 [2.5]

25.1 (4.2)

Inactive (PAL<1.4)

347

4.5 [4.2]

3.2 (5.8)

4.6 [5.3]

1.6 (9.5)

5.0 [4.1]

4.1 (5.5)

14.2 [4.9]

15.7 (5.9)

430

2.9 [2.8]

2.2 (3.9)

1.9 [3.4]

0.0 (2.2)

10.0 [4.9]

10.8 (7.6)

14.9 [4.6]

16.2 (5.2)

Kruskal-Wallis rank sum tests

 

P<.001

P<.001

P<.001

  

P<.001

P<.001

P<.001

 
  1. a Includes people recruited in the first six recruitment waves (February 2001-January 2005) but excludes people who did not return a PYTPAQ (n = 2,405), pregnant women (n = 31), people who were recruited as 'second in household' in the first recruitment wav e (n = 344), people with prior history of cancer (n = 33), and people with missing data on body weight or height (n = 39).
  2. b Differences in median or distribution shape between activity levels for each domain were compared by using Kruskal-Wallis rank sum tests and were statistically significant (P<.001), Statistical significance of the Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test in each domain can be interpreted as follows: at least one median or distribution shape of the daily activity-related energy expenditure in a particular activity level significantly differed from another median or distribution shape in another activity level.