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Table 3 Daily minutes of MVPA in domains and subdomains by gender and age

From: Using accelerometers and global positioning system devices to assess gender and age differences in children’s school, transport, leisure and home based physical activity

 

Girls

 

Boys

 

Adjusted differencea

 
 

Minutes

 

Minutes

 

Reference = girl

 
 

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Minutes

p-value

Total MVPA

54.9

(41.5-73.7)

75.2

(52.8-97.3)

19.69

<0.001

Leisure time

11.7

(7.7-20.2)

21.8

(11.8-38.3)

10.72

<0.001

 School grounds

2.2

(1.3-4.3)

2.8

(1.5-7.3)

2.31

0.002

 Clubs

0.0

(0.0-0.4)

0.2

(0.0-1.3)

2.36

0.003

 Sports facilities

0.0

(0.0-0.5)

0.2

(0.0-4.8)

2.94

<0.001

 Playgrounds

0.0

(0.0-0.3)

0.0

(0.0-0.5)

0.69

0.011

 Urban green space

1.5

(0.3-3.6)

1.9

(0.5-4.4)

0.42

0.037

 Shopping center

0.0

(0.0-0.0)

0.0

(0.0-0.0)

0.07

0.55

 Other places

4.1

(2.2-7.8)

5.0

(2.6-11.3)

1.94

0.004

School

18.8

(13.0-25.8)

24.9

(15.9-35.6)

6.00

<0.001

 Recess

6.0

(3.7-8.8)

8.3

(5.9-12.3)

2.99

<0.001

 PE

14.4

(8.0-23.5)

19.5

(9.8-34.8)

5.74

0.002

Transport

12.3

(5.7-19.6)

12.7

(7.0-19.5)

1.74

0.036

 Active

9.6

(4.5-16.2)

10.3

(5.6-15.6)

1.57

0.031

 Passive

0.2

(0.0-3.5)

0.3

(0.0-4.1)

0.17

0.57

Home

6.5

(3.0-12.8)

4.8

(2.3-10.3)

0.96

0.88

 

Children

 

Adolescent

 

Adjusted difference b

 
 

Minutes

 

Minutes

 

Reference = child

 
 

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Minutes

p-value

Total MVPA

67.5

(50.4-90.4)

54.0

(37.7-77.1)

−8.33

0.004

Leisure time

18.0

(10.0-31.9)

12.4

(7.4-24.2)

−1.50

0.047

 School grounds

3.3

(1.8-7.2)

1.8

(1.0-3.1)

−0.88

0.001

 Clubs

0.0

(0.0-0.9)

0.1

(0.0-0.5)

−0.24

0.034

 Sports facilities

0.0

(0.0-1.3)

0.1

(0.0-1.3)

−0.88

0.69

 Playgrounds

0.0

(0.0-0.5)

0.0

(0.0-0.3)

−0.02

0.48

 Urban green space

1.6

(0.3-3.6)

1.8

(0.4-4.3)

0.49

0.16

 Shopping center

0.0

(0.0-0.0)

0.0

(0.0-0.0)

0.04

0.23

 Other places

4.7

(2.3-10.0)

4.4

(2.4-8.8)

−0.01

0.56

School

23.9

(17.1-34.9)

17.5

(12.1-25.5)

−5.88

<0.001

 Recess

7.8

(5.3-11.7)

5.7

(3.3-8.3)

−2.40

<0.001

 PE

14.0

(7.8-29.3)

18.0

(10.6-25.3)

−1.99

0.68

Transport

12.1

(6.0-18.4)

13.4

(6.3-21.2)

0.57

0.90

 Active

9.9

(5.5-15.3)

10.1

(4.5-17.4)

0.24

0.66

 Passive

0.1

(0.0-3.4)

0.6

(0.0-4.5)

0.33

0.38

Home

5.6

(2.6-13.3)

5.5

(2.6-10.4)

−2.82

0.05

  1. Bold: significant difference p < 0.05.
  2. aDifferences were estimated using multilevel adjusted for differences in age, BMI, number of valid days & time in domain. School included to account for clustering.
  3. bDifferences were estimated using multilevel adjusted for differences in gender, BMI, number of valid days & time in domain. School included to account for clustering.
  4. IQR, Inter Quartile Range; MVPA, Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity, PE, Physical Education.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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