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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2023 Sep 12;56(2):209–220. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003301

Table 1.

Descriptive data of the mean wear time for the analytic samples from the 2003–2006 NHANES hip data and the 2011–2014 NHANES wrist data.

2011–2014 NHANES Cycles 2003–2006 NHANES Cycles
Grouping Variable Group N (%) Wear Time (Mean ± SE, mins·day−1) N (%) Wear Time (Mean ± SE, mins·day−1)
Overall All Participants 13,649 (100%) 1248 ± 3.6 13,639 (100%) 693 ± 3.3
Age Group Children [<12y] 2,206 (16.2%) 1278 ± 6.9 1,810 (13.3%) 657 ± 7.5
Adolescents [≥12y, < 18y] 1,725 (12.6%) 1184 ± 9.3 2,862 (20.9%) 620 ± 6.2
Adults [≥18y, < 60y] 6,754 (49.5%) 1229 ± 5.5 6,258 (45.9%) 680 ± 3.9
Older Adults [≥60y] 2,964 (21.7%) 1317 ± 5.0 2,709 (19.9%) 797 ± 6.4
Sex Females 7,004 (51.3%) 1254 ± 4.8 7,020 (51.5%) 683 ± 3.8
Males 6,645 (48.7%) 1241 ± 5.1 6,619 (48.5%) 703 ± 4.7
Age Group by Sex Female Children 1,087 (49.3%) 1275 ± 11.2 938 (51.8%) 654 ± 8.3
Male Children 1,119 (50.7%) 1281 ± 12.2 872 (48.2%) 660 ± 10.9
Female Adolescents 853 (49.4%) 1193 ± 13.1 1,394 (48.7%) 614 ± 8.8
Male Adolescents 872 (50.6%) 1174 ± 15.0 1,468 (51.3%) 624 ± 7.4
Female Adults 3,536 (52.4%) 1235 ± 7.0 3,339 (53.4%) 666 ± 4.7
Male Adults 3,218 (47.6%) 1223 ± 7.1 2,919 (46.6%) 694 ± 5.7
Female Older Adults 1,528 (51.6%) 1319 ± 5.9 1,349 (49.8%) 784 ± 6.3
Male Older Adults 1,436 (48.4%) 1313 ± 7.1 1,360 (50.2%) 813 ± 8.7
Day of Assessment Day 1 13,649 (100%) 1295 ± 3.2 13,639 (100%) 749 ± 5.1
Day 2 13,649 (100%) 1281 ± 3.9 13,639 (100%) 737 ± 3.5
Day 3 13,649 (100%) 1267 ± 3.9 13,639 (100%) 719 ± 4.1
Day 4 13,649 (100%) 1254 ± 3.8 13,639 (100%) 708 ± 4.6
Day 5 13,649 (100%) 1241 ± 4.2 13,639 (100%) 686 ± 4.1
Day 6 13,649 (100%) 1227 ± 4.5 13,639 (100%) 653 ± 4.2
Day 7 13,649 (100%) 1170 ± 5.3 13,639 (100%) 597 ± 4.9
Day of the Week Sunday 13,649 (100%) 1225 ± 5.1 13,639 (100%) 617 ± 4.6
Monday 13,649 (100%) 1257 ± 4.3 13,639 (100%) 717 ± 4.1
Tuesday 13,649 (100%) 1270 ± 4.1 13,639 (100%) 733 ± 3.6
Wednesday 13,649 (100%) 1263 ± 4.0 13,639 (100%) 724 ± 4.2
Thursday 13,649 (100%) 1254 ± 3.5 13,639 (100%) 716 ± 4.6
Friday 13,649 (100%) 1248 ± 4.0 13,639 (100%) 708 ± 3.8
Saturday 13,649 (100%) 1219 ± 4.9 13,639 (100%) 634 ± 4.8

Wear time data are weighted means and standard errors accounting for the NHANES complex survey design