Table 4 Associations between moderate to vigorous PA, light PA and SB (minutes/day) with body composition, fasting serum insulin, [β (95 % CI)] and metabolic syndrome [OR (95 % CI)]

 Total MVPA mins/day

−0.024

(−0.031,−0.017)

−0.080

(−0.101,−0.060)

−0.020

(−0.026,−0.014)

−0.024

(−0.036,−0.012)

0.987

(0.981,0.993)

 Total LPA mins/day

−0.011

(−0.015,−0.007)

−0.034

(−0.045,−0.023)

−0.009

(−0.013,−0.006)

−0.009

(−0.015,−0.002)

0.997

(0.994,1.000)

 Total SB mins/day

0.011

(0.008,0.013)

0.034

(0.025,0.042)

0.009

(0.006,0.011)

0.009

(0.004,0.014)

1.004

(1.002,1.006)

 MVPA mins/day in bouts 1–9 mins

−0.020

(−0.030,−0.009)

−0.068

(−0.099,−0.036)

−0.016

(−0.025,−0.007)

−0.018

(−0.036,0.000)

0.991

(0.982,1.000)

 MVPA mins/day in bouts ≥10 mins

−0.031

(−0.046,−0.016)

−0.100

(−0.144,−0.057)

−0.026

(−0.039,−0.013)

−0.034

(−0.059,−0.010)

0.980

(0.966,0.995)

 Coefficients equal to each other^a

p = 0.30

p = 0.30

p = 0.29

p = 0.35

p = 0.3

 LPA mins/day in bouts 1–9 mins

−0.018

(−0.024,−0.012)

−0.048

(−0.065,−0.030)

−0.013

(−0.018,−0.008)

−0.022

(−0.032,−0.012)

0.994

(0.990,0.999)

 LPA mins/day in bouts ≥10 mins

0.011

(−0.003,0.026)

0.006

(−0.037,0.049)

0.001

(−0.011,0.013)

0.032

(0.008,0.056)

1.004

(0.993,1.015)

 Coefficients equal to each other^a

0.002

0.05

0.09

p = 0.0005

p = 0.2

 SB mins/day in bouts 1–15 mins

0.000

(−0.007,0.007)

0.009

(−0.012,0.030)

0.002

(−0.004,0.008)

−0.003

(−0.014,0.009)

0.998

(0.992,1.003)

 SB mins/day in bouts 16–30 mins

0.006

(−0.001,0.013)

0.022

(−0.000,0.043)

0.006

(−0.000,0.012)

0.017

(0.005,0.030)

1.001

(0.996,1.007)

 SB mins/day in bouts 31–60 mins

0.007

(0.001,0.012)

0.033

(0.017,0.049)

0.010

(0.006,0.015)

0.010

(0.001,0.019)

1.005

(1.001,1.010)

 SB mins/day in bouts ≥61 mins

0.011

(0.007,0.015)

0.029

(0.017,0.041)

0.006

(0.003,0.010)

0.003

(−0.004,0.010)

1.002

(0.998,1.005)

 Coefficients equal to each other^a

p = 0.0002

p = 0.02

p = 0.04

p = 0.03

p = 0.03

 MVPA mins/day in bouts ≥1 mins

−0.023

(−0.033,−0.012)

−0.071

(−0.102,−0.040)

−0.016

(−0.025,−0.007)

−0.026

(−0.043,−0.008)

0.982

(0.973,0.992)

 SB mins/day in bouts 1–15 mins

−0.012

(−0.021,−0.003)

−0.029

(−0.055,−0.002)

−0.006

(−0.014,0.002)

−0.017

(−0.031,−0.002)

0.989

(0.982,0.996)

 SB mins/day in bouts 16–30 mins

−0.001

(−0.009,0.007)

0.001

(−0.023,0.024)

0.002

(−0.005,0.008)

0.010

(−0.004,0.023)

0.996

(0.990,1.002)

 SB mins/day in bouts 31–60 mins

−0.001

(−0.007,0.005)

0.009

(−0.010,0.028)

0.005

(−0.000,0.011)

0.002

(−0.009,0.012)

1.000

(0.995,1.005)

 SB mins/day in bouts ≥61 mins

0.003

(−0.002,0.008)

0.005

(−0.011,0.021)

0.001

(−0.003,0.006)

−0.006

(−0.015,0.003)

0.996

(0.992,1.000)

 MVPA mins/day in bouts ≥1 mins

−0.017

(−0.025,−0.010)

−0.064

(−0.087,−0.041)

−0.015

(−0.022,−0.008)

−0.017

(−0.029,−0.004)

0.988

(0.981,0.995)

 LPA mins/day in bouts 1–9 mins

−0.012

(−0.019,−0.006)

−0.025

(−0.044,−0.006)

−0.007

(−0.013,−0.002)

−0.017

(−0.028,−0.006)

0.998

(0.993,1.003)

 LPA mins/day in bouts ≥10 mins

0.007

(−0.008,0.021)

−0.010

(−0.052,0.033)

−0.003

(−0.015,0.009)

0.028

(0.004, 0.052)

1.002

(0.990,1.013)