Table 2 Mean (SD) PA levels for the total day across age and sex
Age | |||||||
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
Boys | |||||||
Number of observations | |||||||
Potential n | 38 | 83 | 136 | 146 | 155 | 110 | 87 |
Included n (%) | 30 (79) | 67 (81) | 121 (89) | 126 (86) | 134 (86) | 96 (87) | 76 (87) |
Wear days (n) | 12.9 (1.5) | 12.7 (1.8) | 12.3 (2.1) | 12.6 (3.0) | 12.4 (2.8) | 12.1 (2.6) | 12.4 (2.1) |
Wear time (min/day) | 688 (39) | 695 (32) | 709 (38) | 727 (51) | 729 (45) | 741 (41) | 761 (41) |
Total PA (cpm) | 641 (99) | 743 (162) | 774 (182) | 754 (182) | 742 (167) | 720 (188) | 656 (172) |
SED (min/day) | 470 (37) | 468 (35) | 479 (41) | 502 (53) | 512 (45) | 532 (49) | 563 (49) |
LPA (min/day) | 153 (18) | 152 (18) | 149 (18) | 145 (18) | 137 (16) | 129 (17) | 122 (15) |
MPA (min/day) | 35 (6) | 38 (7) | 40 (7) | 41 (8) | 41 (8) | 39 (8) | 38 (9) |
VPA (min/day) | 29 (6) | 36 (9) | 40 (11) | 40 (11) | 40 (11) | 41 (13) | 37 (11) |
MVPA (min/day) | 64 (11) | 74 (15) | 80 (18) | 81 (17) | 81 (18) | 80 (20) | 75 (19) |
Girls | |||||||
Number of observations | |||||||
Potential n | 34 | 81 | 129 | 138 | 148 | 108 | 77 |
Included n (%) | 23 (68) | 68 (84) | 114 (88) | 127 (92) | 131 (89) | 95 (88) | 64 (83) |
Wear days (n) | 12.7 (1.7) | 12.8 (1.9) | 12.6 (2.2) | 12.3 (2.6) | 12.6 (3.0) | 11.8 (2.4) | 12.0 (2.3) |
Wear time (min/day) | 665 (49) | 696 (39) | 701 (36) | 708 (38) | 721 (38) | 732 (40) | 751 (50) |
Total PA (cpm) | 625 (141) | 693 (150) | 720 (146) | 695 (153) | 704 (156) | 633 (150) | 603 (104) |
SED (min/day) | 465 (47) | 483 (39) | 491 (39) | 504 (40) | 519 (40) | 542 (42) | 565 (44) |
LPA (min/day) | 142 (22) | 144 (16) | 139 (16) | 134 (17) | 130 (15) | 123 (19) | 119 (19) |
MPA (min/day) | 31 (6) | 35 (6) | 35 (5) | 35 (7) | 35 (6) | 34 (7) | 34(7) |
VPA (min/day) | 27 (7) | 34 (9) | 36 (8) | 36 (9) | 37 (9) | 33 (8) | 32 (7) |
MVPA (min/day) | 58 (12) | 69 (15) | 71 (12) | 71 (15) | 72 (14) | 67 (14) | 67 (12) |