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Table 1 Participants characteristics

From: The context matters - not all prolonged sitting bouts are equally related to momentary affective states: an ambulatory assessment with sedentary-triggered E-diaries

 

Study 1 (n = 57; 5 d1)

Study 2 (n=106; 5 d1)

Study 3 (n =76; 4 d1)

Study 4 (n =69; 4 d1)

Variable

Mean ± SD (Min-Max)

Mean ± SD (Min-Max)

Mean ± SD (Min-Max)

Mean ± SD (Min-Max)

 Age [yrs.]

34.6 ± 9.9 (25-62)

23.4 ± 5.9 (17-57)

28.6 ± 11.6 (19-66)

26.3 ± 8.5 (21-60)

 Sex [female %]

56.1%

55.7%

52.9%

47.4%

 BMI [kg/m2]

22.9 ± 3.1 (17.7-32.1)

22.3 ± 2.1 (16.3-27.1)

23.5 ± 3.0 (17.1-32.4)

not assessed

 Total sedentary boutsa

5.4 ± 2.7 (1.8-15.6)b

2 ± 0.5 (1-3.4)b

8.7 ± 4.6 (1.5-20.5)c

6.4 ± 3.78 (1-17)c

 Valence [1-6]a

4.6 ± 0.6 (3.2-6)

4.6 ± 0.8 (2.5-6)

4.8 ± 0.7 (2.9-6)

4.4 ± 0.7 (2.5-6)

 Calmness [1-6]a

4.8 ± 0.7 (2.9-6)

4.7 ± 0.8 (2.5-6)

4.6 ± 0.6 (2.3-6)

4.5 ± 0.6 (3-5.9)

 Energetic arousal [1-6]a

4.2 ± 0.7 (2.6-5.8)

3.8 ± 0.8 (2.1-5.8)

4.1 ± 0.6 (2.4-5.4)

3.6 ± 0.7 (2.3-5.8)

 Social context [alone %] a

45.1 ± 23.7 (0-95.8)

46.2 ± 31.4 (0-100)

38.3 ± 27.8 (0-100)

46.4 ± 25.4 (0-100)

 Environmental context [Work %] a

86.3 ± 18.5 (22.2-100)

49.3 ± 29.8 (0-100)

31.2 ± 29.6 (0-100)

65.6 ± 26.5 (0-100)

  1. 1 number of monitoring days per study
  2. a aggregated within study day per participant
  3. b sedentary bouts of 30 minutes
  4. c sedentary bouts of 20 minutes