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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics by accelerometry derived classes among adults (n = 7931); NHANES 2003-2006

From: Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns using accelerometry from a national sample of United States adults

  

Weighted percent: gender

Weighted percent: age in years

Weighted percent: race/ethnicity

 

n

Female (n = 4118)

Male (n = 3813)

18-34 (n = 2530)

35-49 (n = 1790)

50-64 (n = 1627)

> = 65 (n = 1984)

Non-Hispanic White (n = 3953)

Non-Hispanic Black (n = 1727)

Hispanic (N = 1927)

Other (N = 324)

Average counts/minute

Class 1 - Least active

2088

61.0

39.0

10.9

15.5

25.2

48.4

76.9

11.0

6.1

6.0

Class 2

3372

58.9

41.1

27.7

31.6

28.3

12.4

72.2

11.8

10.2

5.7

Class 3

1596

46.5

53.5

35.1

37.9

21.7

5.2

71.4

10.4

14.0

4.2

Class 4

181

31.5

68.5

40.2

42.6

15.6

1.6

79.3

6.0

6.9

7.8

Class 5

571

25.0

75.0

42.0

39.9

15.1

3.0

67.2

7.2

22.4

3.3

Class 6 - Most active

123

18.6

81.4

49.3

40.7

9.1

0.9

48.2

13.2

34.5

4.1

Percent of MVPA (Troiano) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

5410

61.6

38.4

21.4

26.7

27.9

23.9

73.3

11.4

9.5

5.7

Class 2

1768

40.1

59.9

37.2

37.4

19.4

6.1

72.6

9.9

13.4

4.2

Class 3

207

26.6

73.4

37.3

46.1

14.3

2.3

78.4

5.3

9.1

7.3

Class 4

473

25.4

74.6

44.8

35.8

15.8

3.5

63.8

10.9

20.5

4.8

Class 5 - Most active

73

16.6

83.4

55.1

32.7

12.2

0.0

44.0

13.5

40.1

2.4

Percent of MVPA bouts (Troiano) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

4765

58.0

42.0

22.7

27.7

26.1

23.6

73.2

11.6

9.7

5.6

Class 2

569

43.7

56.3

31.6

36.7

23.1

8.5

74.8

7.8

13.3

4.1

Class 3

814

45.1

54.9

34.2

32.4

23.6

9.8

71.0

10.7

13.8

4.5

Class 4

1573

47.8

52.2

34.2

35.1

21.5

9.3

71.5

9.9

13.1

5.5

Class 5 - Most active

210

32.6

67.4

39.1

30.9

23.4

6.7

64.9

12.7

17.8

4.7

Percent of MVPA (Matthews) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

2330

62.7

37.3

12.4

15.7

25.0

46.9

76.0

11.2

6.4

6.4

Class 2

3277

57.6

42.4

29.6

32.2

27.8

10.4

72.7

11.6

10.3

5.4

Class 3

1500

44.4

55.6

34.3

38.2

21.6

5.9

72.9

10.3

13.1

3.7

Class 4

245

32.6

67.4

34.8

45.5

17.1

2.7

71.2

7.2

11.6

10.0

Class 5

470

26.1

73.9

39.5

41.1

16.9

2.5

63.2

8.6

25.5

2.8

Class 6 - Most active

109

17.4

82.6

48.6

37.3

13.3

0.8

44.1

7.1

46.2

2.7

Percent of MVPA bouts (Matthews) out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Least active

1233

66.2

33.8

12.2

15.4

22.3

50.1

77.7

11.0

6.8

4.5

Class 2

1410

66.1

33.9

23.6

26.2

29.1

21.1

71.2

12.7

8.2

7.8

Class 3

2827

54.5

45.5

29.5

32.1

25.4

13.0

73.0

10.9

10.6

5.6

Class 4

1997

41.5

58.5

31.5

36.5

23.1

8.9

73.8

9.8

12.6

3.8

Class 5 - Most active

464

23.5

76.5

41.0

38.9

16.7

3.4

55.6

9.1

30.6

4.8

Percent of sedentary behavior out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Most sedentary

662

49.7

50.3

11.4

11.1

20.2

57.4

79.8

10.7

4.0

5.5

Class 2

2090

51.2

48.8

23.8

25.0

25.4

25.7

75.5

11.4

7.2

6.0

Class 3

2848

57.5

42.5

27.1

31.3

27.2

14.4

73.8

11.4

8.8

5.9

Class 4

1749

53.0

47.0

32.9

37.3

22.5

7.3

70.0

9.4

16.5

4.1

Class 5 - Least sedentary

582

33.2

66.8

38.5

41.1

18.0

2.3

57.1

10.6

28.7

3.6

Percent of sedentary bouts out of total wearing time per day

Class 1 - Most sedentary

587

48.5

51.5

9.6

8.4

18.3

63.8

81.0

9.9

3.0

6.1

Class 2

1469

47.7

52.3

20.9

24.2

25.3

29.5

76.8

10.9

6.1

6.2

Class 3

656

57.7

42.3

30.8

33.6

25.4

10.2

73.9

11.3

9.1

5.6

Class 4

1449

54.4

45.6

25.8

25.9

26.9

21.4

73.4

12.3

9.2

5.1

Class 5

1951

54.6

45.4

29.0

33.5

26.8

10.7

73.0

10.6

11.1

5.3

Class 6

288

48.0

52.0

28.4

38.3

27.1

6.2

69.4

10.4

13.8

6.4

Class 7 - Least sedentary

1531

52.9

47.1

35.8

39.6

19.8

4.8

65.2

9.9

20.8

4.1

  1. MVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity.
  2. Note: row percents are presented by category.