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Table 1 Latent classes derived from accelerometry among adults (n = 7931); NHANES 2003-2006

From: Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns using accelerometry from a national sample of United States adults

    

Weighted mean of average counts/minute, MVPA (minutes/day), or sedentary behavior (minutes/day)

 

n

Weighted percent of population in class

Average percent out of total wearing time

Overall

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Average counts/minute

Class 1 - Least active

2088

21.7

 

135.4

138.1

135.3

131.6

134.6

139.8

139.6

125.6

Class 2

3372

44.1

 

267.2

272.5

269.0

265.9

265.2

266.2

274.6

257.9

Class 3

1596

22.2

 

406.0

423.9

416.7

410.7

421.9

418.4

391.7

361.6

Class 4

181

2.8

 

510.2

448.2

432.9

417.5

436.2

442.3

692.2

801.5

Class 5

571

7.8

 

568.2

611.5

631.7

631.4

620.6

575.6

465.3

429.4

Class 6 - Most active

123

1.3

 

852.4

906.5

846.8

974.9

934.6

873.2

723.6

707.9

Average percent of MVPA (Troiano) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

5410

65.3

1.2

9.3

10.8

10.4

9.9

10.3

10.5

10.0

8.9

Class 2

1768

24.9

4.2

32.1

38.5

39.0

38.8

37.6

36.6

31.0

26.8

Class 3

207

3.2

7.1

52.0

49.8

44.8

43.3

51.4

47.5

78.4

95.2

Class 4

473

5.9

8.2

59.9

77.3

78.2

82.0

78.3

68.5

47.6

39.0

Class 5 - Most active

73

0.7

16.1

113.6

150.4

138.2

159.6

133.0

127.6

112.1

92.1

Percent of MVPA bouts (Troiano) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

4765

57.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Class 2

569

8.2

0.5

4.3

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

5.8

10.2

13.3

Class 3

814

10.3

0.5

4.9

6.6

6.0

9.0

5.6

3.0

1.9

1.6

Class 4

1573

21.5

2.1

17.8

19.8

19.9

18.4

19.3

16.3

15.9

15.4

Class 5 - Most active

210

2.5

6.7

53.3

66.5

51.1

63.4

53.3

47.8

46.0

45.0

Percent of MVPA (Matthews) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

2330

24.3

4.4

34.6

37.8

37.6

36.5

37.7

39.6

38.7

33.2

Class 2

3277

43.6

11.0

84.3

97.0

95.8

94.4

92.6

95.7

94.4

86.6

Class 3

1500

20.9

17.8

133.9

156.0

153.5

153.0

155.9

157.5

141.0

126.7

Class 4

245

3.8

24.6

183.6

198.1

185.4

178.6

184.2

195.9

251.6

246.4

Class 5

470

6.2

25.8

185.1

229.6

255.1

245.0

244.7

218.0

152.7

129.0

Class 6 - Most active

109

1.2

39.5

266.3

358.6

334.6

341.8

352.2

328.7

226.9

237.0

Percent of MVPA bouts (Matthews) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

1233

12.7

0.0

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.0

Class 2

1410

17.0

0.8

6.4

5.1

3.9

4.8

3.7

4.8

11.4

12.5

Class 3

2827

37.3

2.9

24.8

26.6

24.4

22.2

23.4

24.1

28.8

26.9

Class 4

1997

27.4

8.3

69.6

74.0

69.0

72.2

69.7

70.7

70.1

62.5

Class 5 - Most active

464

5.6

21.3

175.4

189.2

212.4

190.6

203.7

185.4

124.1

109.8

Percent of sedentary behavior out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Most sedentary

662

6.3

82.3

660.2

732.5

736.5

725.2

725.6

728.6

726.3

735.4

Class 2

2090

25.1

69.3

546.8

606.6

624.3

616.3

617.5

613.3

562.6

568.8

Class 3

2848

37.7

58.4

453.9

502.1

507.1

512.6

505.1

509.6

479.5

483.5

Class 4

1749

24.0

46.7

354.8

399.3

387.9

394.1

384.7

388.2

395.0

404.3

Class 5 - Least sedentary

582

7.0

35.0

256.3

271.8

263.0

261.1

255.2

292.4

346.5

336.7

Percent of sedentary bouts out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Most sedentary

587

5.6

85.6

746.7

760.6

761.5

749.0

749.1

751.0

757.7

767.6

Class 2

1469

17.3

66.2

568.9

578.5

597.4

591.5

587.4

585.0

527.6

548.5

Class 3

656

8.7

49.2

425.7

448.0

518.5

534.8

523.0

420.9

246.1

302.1

Class 4

1449

17.9

51.0

441.0

436.8

426.1

416.1

418.2

446.1

490.0

486.1

Class 5

1951

26.0

35.6

300.8

305.2

293.6

315.9

306.6

308.2

274.4

323.0

Class 6

288

4.1

35.1

292.1

204.8

208.2

195.4

186.6

288.2

551.3

441.9

Class 7 - Least sedentary

1531

20.3

19.5

159.0

166.0

153.5

144.8

146.3

156.5

181.7

199.8

  1. MVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity.