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Table 2 Context-specific Physical Activity patterns in Primary and Secondary School

From: Investigating longitudinal context-specific physical activity patterns in transition from primary to secondary school using accelerometers, GPS, and GIS

  

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School grounds

Sports grounds

Other locations

Primary school

Secondary School

Primary school

Secondary School

Primary school

Secondary School

Primary school

Secondary School

Before School Time

(daily mean minutes; SD)

n days with valid wear time

402

409

402

409

a

a

a

a

wear time; mean minutes

35.5 (18,8)

36.0 (22.4)

8.6 (6.8)

14.8 (17.0)

a

a

a

a

LPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

17.7 (9.7);

49.9%

17.5 (10.0);

48.6%

5.3 (4.0);

61.6%

7.2 (7.2);

48.6%

a

a

a

a

MVPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

0.5 (0.8);

1.4%

0.4 (1.2);

1.1%

0.7 (1.5);

8.1%

1.1 (3.0);

7.4%

a

a

a

a

During School Time

(daily mean minutes; SD)

n days with valid wear time

a

a

427

367

a

a

427

367

wear time; mean minutes

a

a

238.3 (107.2)

205.0 (118.2)

a

a

35.7 (49.4)

98.0 (130.2)

LPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

a

a

79.2 (47.1);

33.2%

64.1 (44.4);

31.2%

a

a

13.9 (18.7);

38.9%

28.0 (38.1);

28.6%

MVPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

a

a

7.1 (10.4);

3.0%

5.7 (8.2);

2.7%

a

a

2.3 (4.5);

6.4%

3.6 (12.8);

3.7%

After School Time

(daily mean minutes; SD)

n days with valid wear time

542

515

542

515

542

515

542

515

wear time; mean minutes

200.0 (105.0)

248.7 (113.7)

18.3 (38.2)

20.9 (47.1)

24.2 (44.0)

15.6 (39.1)

140.4 (106.6)

113.5 (114.7)

LPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

76.6 (43.6);

38.3%

82.5 (43.4);

33.2%

10.8 (20.0);

59.0%

10.2 (21.1);

48.8%

12.3 (23.5);

50.8%

7.6 (19.7);

48.7%

58.0 (49.9);

41.3%

38.7 (42.7);

34.1%

MVPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

3.3 (4.8);

1.7%

2.6 (4.1);

1.0%

2.4 (7.3);

13.1%

1.4 (3.8);

6.7%

6.5 (15.1);

26.9%

4.6 (14.5);

29.5%

9.5 (14.2);

6.8%

5.1 (10.8);

4.5%

Weekend days

(daily mean minutes; SD)

n days with valid wear time

98

129

a

a

98

129

98

129

wear time; mean minutes

319.6 (176.0)

342.8 (187.0)

a

a

41.3 (86.8)

26.7 (71.2)

315.2 (192.1)

317.2 (253.2)

LPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

139.1 (81.3);

43.5%

125.1 (70.6);

36.5%

a

a

20.2 (44.5);

48.9%

13.8 (36.4);

51.7%

124.9 (78.5);

39.6%

111.4 (87.7);

35.1%

MVPA; mean minutes and percentage from context-specific wear time

9.5 (11.7);

3.0%

6.0 (10.1);

1.7%

a

a

9.9 (23.0);

24.0%

5.6 (19.6);

21.0%

23.8 (24.9);

7.6%

14.5 (18.9);

4.6%

  1. a: insufficient variation to calculate daily mean minutes. Gender differences were analyzed using multi-level linear mixed models adjusted for gender, age, number of days with valid PA measurement, and clustering of days within children and children within schools. b: significantly higher for boys compared to girls. b: significantly higher for girls compared to boys