First Author | Sample Characteristics | Instrument | Monitoring Frame | Analytical Strategy | Findings |
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Tudor-Locke [48] 2002 USA | 27 men, 25 women university community 38.2 ± 12.0 years | Yamax SW-200, Yamax Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; CSA 7164 Version 2.2, Computer Science Applications, Inc., Shalimar, FL | 7 days | Mean steps/day associated with the step/day quartile distribution in which participants accumulated an average of 30 min/day accelerometer-determined MVPA | 8,000 steps/day corresponded with accumulating 30 minutes of MVPA people taking > 12,500 took more moderate and vigorous activity than any other group |
Miller [50] 2004 Australia | 74 men, 111 women workplace employees 18 to 75 years | Yamax SW 700; Active Australia questionnaire | 7 days | Steps/day equivalent to 150+ minutes/week self-reported MVPA | Those who met guidelines averaged 9,547 ± 2,655 steps/day |
Behrens [51] 2005 USA | 18 men, 18 women college students 23.3 ± 3.1 years | Digi-walker (Model DW-200, Yamax, Tokyo, Japan) Actigraph 7164, Manufacturing Technology Incorporated, Fort Walton Beach, FL | 7 days | Steps/day related to 30+ minutes of accelerometer-determined moderate physical activity | 11,822 steps/day |
Jordan [52] 2005 USA | 111 postmenopausal women intervention participants 45-75 years | Accusplit Eagle 120 (AE 120) | 7 days | Steps/day associated with attaining prescribed and verified exercise equivalent to 120-150 min/week or 8kcal/kg/week EE | 3-4 days of 10,000 steps/day met energy expenditure guidelines for the week or approximately 7300 steps/day (imputed from reported data) |
Macfarlane [53] 2008 China | 30 men, 19 women apparently healthy 15 to 55 years | SW-700, Yamax Corporation., Tokyo, Japan MTI 7164, MTI Actigraph, Fort Walton Beach, FL Tritrac RT3, Stayhealthy INC., Monrovia, CA Heart rate monitor, Team system, Polar OY, Finland | 7 days | Selected 25th percentile of steps/day distribution; examined sensitivity/specificity of achieving 30 minutes MVPA measured by various instruments | 8,000 steps/day |
Tudor-Locke [83] 2011 USA | 1781 men, 1963 women; NHANES participants (nationally representative); 20 to 85+ years | ActiGraph AM-7164; censored data to approximate pedometer outputs | 7 days | Step-defined activity category where at least 30 minutes of MVPA was accumulated | Men who took 7,500-9,999 steps/day accumulated 38 minutes MVPA; women who achieved 10,000-12,499 steps/day accumulated 36 minutes of MVPA (women who achieved 7,500-9,999 steps/day accumulated 25 minutes of MVPA |