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. 2025 Jan 1;20(1):1–12. doi: 10.2185/jrm.2024-025

Table 5. Seasonal differences in the number of activities per bout.

Overall (n=50) P-value Male (n=19) P-value Female (n=31) P-value



Non-snowy season Snowy season Non-snowy season Snowy season Non-snowy season Snowy season
Bout of SB (0≤, <30) number/day 58.7 (13.8) 52.6 (15.5) <0.01 58.3 (14.2) 52.8 (15.7) 0.028 59.0 (13.8) 52.5 (15.7) <0.01
Bout of SB (30≤, <60) number/day 2.5 (1.1) 3.1 (1.1) <0.01 2.6 (1.1) 3.3 (1.0) <0.01 2.5 (1.0) 2.9 (1.1) 0.016
Bout of SB (60≤) number/day 0.85 [0.43–1.36] 1.0 [0.43–1.63] <0.01 1.0 [0.50–1.43] 1.0 [0.43–1.43] 0.883 0.67 [0.33–1.29] 1.11 [0.57–1.86] <0.01
SB total number/day 62.2 (13.5) 57.0 (14.7) <0.01 62.0 (13.4) 57.3 (14.6) 0.056 62.3 (13.7) 56.8 (14.9) 0.014
Number of break/day 61.7 (13.5) 56.5 (14.8) <0.01 61.6 (13.4) 56.7 (14.9) 0.052 61.8 (13.8) 56.4 (15.0) 0.016
Number of break/h 8.1 (2.3) 6.8 (2.1) <0.01 7.8 (2.2) 6.8 (2.2) <0.01 8.3 (2.3) 6.9 (2.1) <0.01
Short-bout LPA number/day 69.9 (15.4) 62.4 (15.6) <0.01 72.0 (17.6) 66.2 (18.6) 0.011 68.6 (14.1) 60.1 (13.2) <0.01
Long-bout LPA number/day 8.6 (3.3) 6.3 (2.8) <0.01 7.1 (1.9) 5.1 (2.1) <0.01 9.6 (3.6) 7.1 (3.0) <0.01
LPA total number/day 78.5 (15.9) 68.8 (16.3) <0.01 79.1 (18.5) 71.3 (19.6) <0.01 78.2 (14.5) 67.2 (13.9) <0.01
Short-bout MVPA number/day 16.3 [9.2–23.4] 11.3 [7.3–18.5] <0.01 17.2 [8.4–22.6] 15.3 [8.9–23.4] 0.210 16.2 [9.3–25.5] 10.8 [6.6–17.1] <0.01
Long-bout MVPA number/day 0.0 [0.0–0.7] 0.0 [0.0–0.3] 0.261 0.14 [0.0–1.0] 0.14 [0.0–0.29] 0.444 0.0 [0.0–0.29] 0.0 [0.0–0.29] 0.411
MVPA total number/day 16.5 [9.3–23.4] 11.3 [7.3–19.3] <0.01 18.4 [8.4–22.6] 15.4 [8.9–23.7] 0.156 16.2 [9.3–25.5] 10.8 [6.7–17.6] <0.01

SB: sedentary behavior; LPA: light-intensity physical activity; MVPA: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.