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Table 5 Agreement, sensitivity, specificity and area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve for each cut point

From: Feasibility and validity of accelerometer measurements to assess physical activity in toddlers

Cut point

Pate

Sirard 3-year olds

Van Cauwenberghe

Overall agreement%

58.3

52.7

52.2

OSRAC-P activity intensity level

Test

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

 

95% CI

Stationary and motionless to stationary with movement of limbs or trunk behavior (sedentary behavior; n = 2125 observation intervals)

Sensitivity%

67.0

64.9 - 68.9

91.8

90.5 - 92.9

94.4

93.3 - 95.3

 

Specificity%

75.4

73.5 - 77.2

23.9

22.0 - 25.7

17.2

15.6 - 18.8

 

ROC-AUC

0.71

0.70 - 0.73

0.58

0.56 - 0.59

0.56

0.54 - 0.57

Slow, easy movement (light physical activity; n = 1531 observation intervals)

Sensitivity%

60.0

57.5 - 62.4

14.6

12.8 - 16.4

9.0

7.6 - 10.6

 

Specificity%

63.2

61.3 - 65.0

89.0

87.8 - 90.2

93.7

92.7 - 94.6

 

ROC-AUC

0.62

0.60 - 0.63

0.52

0.50 - 0.53

0.51

0.50 - 0.53

Moderate to fast movement (moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; n = 562 observation intervals)

Sensitivity%

21.5

18.2 - 25.2

8.9

6.7 - 11.6

10.0

7.6 - 12.7

 

Specificity%

93.1

92.2 - 93.9

97.1

96.5 - 97.6

96.9

96.2 - 97.4

 

ROC-AUC

0.57

0.56 - 0.59

0.53

0.52 - 0.55

0.53

0.52 - 0.55

  1. OSRAC-P, Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children-Preschool; ROC-AUC, area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve