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Table 2 Comparison of control and Intervention group physical activity during PE lessons, showing median (Mdn) and interquartile range (IQR) for the proportion of lesson time and number of minutes students in varying activity classifications

From: Outcomes of a four-year specialist-taught physical education program on physical activity: a cluster randomized controlled trial, the LOOK study

SOFIT activity category

Control PE lessons (N = 97)

Intervention PE lessons (N = 96)

 
 

Mdn

IQR

Mdn

IQR

p

Lesson Time

 Minutesa

35.6

9.7

47.1

10.6

0001

Sitting

 Minutes per lesson

3.3

(0.3,9.0)

7.9

(4.4,12.0)

0.006

 Percentage of time per lesson

12.3

(2.7,44.1))

19.7

(11.5,29.3)

0.049

Standing

 Minutes per lesson

11.3

(7.8,16.2)

18.9

(12.7,24.2)

0.002

 Percentage of time per lesson

44.4

(32.1,56.7)

43.6

(31.7,52.2)

0.448

Walking

 Minutes per lesson

4.3

(2.4,6.6)

9.2

(5.7,12.5)

0.004

 Percentage of time per lesson

15.5

(8.5,22.2)

20.6

(14.3,25.1)

0.077

Very Active

 Minutes per lesson

5.6

(2.7,6.6)

6.4

(4.7,9.1)

0.006

 Percentage of time per lesson

21.5

(10.2,33.9)

14.6

(10.7,20.2)

0.04

MVPA (Walking plus Very Active)

 Minutes per lesson

10.2

(7.8,12.8)

16.9

(11.6,20.2)

0.004

 Percentage of time per lesson

33.6

(27.8,42.2)

35.4

(28.1,43.2)

0.09

  1. aLesson time presented as average minutes per lesson and standard deviation (SD). No data was recorded for the SOFIT “lying” category and is not shown. PE physical education, SOFIT system for observing fitness time, MVPA moderate to vigorous physical activity. NB Percentages of lesson time were calculated using median values and may not total 100 %