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Table 2 Total physical activity (TPA), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior (SB) at each age category

From: Physical activity and sedentary behavior in preschoolers: a longitudinal assessment of trajectories and determinants

 

3 Yearsa

4 Yearsa

5 Yearsa

6 Yearsa

Ntotal (Ngirls, Nboys)

147 (75, 72)

397 (192, 205)

322 (144, 178)

86 (38, 48)

Number of valid days

5.7 (1.7)

5.6 (1.4)

5.7 (1.6)

5.8 (1.3)

Monitor wear time [hours/day]

12.7 (0.7)

12.8 (0.8)

12.9 (0.8)

13.0 (0.8)

TPA [cpm]

 Boys

595.2 (138.4)

654.9 (160.3)

681.5 (148.5)

731.1 (167.3)

 Girls

560.9 (132.6)

604.7 (142.6)

613.5 (142.6)

616.6 (154.7)

 All

577.8 (136.2)

631.3 (154.1)

651.6 (149.5)

683.3 (170.7)

MVPA [min/day]

 Boys

86.5 (27.6)

101.2 (28.3)

107.5 (28.2)

118.5 (31.7)

 Girls

76.1 (25.3)

85.7 (25.4)

90.3 (26.6)

91.4 (23.0)

 All

81.2 (26.9)

93.9 (28.0)

99.9 (28.8)

107.2 (31.2)

SB [min/day]

 Boys

370.7 (47.6)

368.0 (49.2)

366.0 (45.9)

370.3 (50.4)

 Girls

377.4 (46.1)

376.1 (51.3)

377.4 (53.5)

395.7 (46.3)

 All

374.1 (46.8)

371.8 (50.3)

371.0 (49.6)

380.9 (50.0)

  1. Aggregated data on the population level. Data are presented as mean (SD) except for N
  2. aAge categories are rounded to +/− 6 months, e.g. 3 years corresponds to 2.5-3.5 years