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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006 Jun;38(6):1175–1181. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000222846.27380.61

TABLE 2.

Physical activity (min) by quintiles of body composition variables.

BF Quintiles
BM Quintiles
FFMI Quintiles
FMI Index Quintiles
S S S S
VPA (min·d−1)
Body composition quintilesa
1 6.5 5.5 6.4 5.6 5.9 5.3 6.7 5.6
2 6.4 4.9 6.1 4.5 6.2 4.6 6.1 4.8
3 5.5 4.1 5.7 4.4 5.5 4.6 5.6 4.0
4 5.1 4.0 5.5 4.2 5.6 4.2 5.2 4.1
5 4.2 3.0 4.2 2.8 4.6 3.2 4.2 2.9
MVPA (min·d−1)
1 25.8 13.6 25.4 13.6 24.5 12.6 26.2 13.7
2 25.6 12.6 25.1 11.6 25.2 11.9 24.9 12.4
3 23.2 10.4 23.7 11.6 23.4 12.3 23.6 10.4
4 22.9 11.2 23.5 11.4 23.4 10.9 23.2 11.4
5 20.6 9.4 20.4 9.3 21.7 10.3 20.3 9.3
MET-Weighted MVPA (units)
1 161.3 94.5 158.7 95.1 152.2 90.4 163.8 95.1
2 159.0 86.6 155.2 80.3 155.4 81.6 154.1 85.9
3 143.3 73.2 145.9 79.7 143.6 82.3 145.7 72.3
4 139.9 75.7 144.8 77.1 145.0 75.8 141.3 76.7
5 123.7 59.4 122.6 58.6 131.0 65.5 122.4 59.2

BF, body fat percentage (%); BMI, body mass index (kg·m−2); FFMI, fat-free mass (kg·m−2); FMI, fat mass (kg·m−2); VPA, vigorous physical activity; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity. N = 310 – 311 per quintile.

a

Quintile of body composition range from 1 (lowest BF, BMI, FFMI, and FMI) to 5 (highest BF, BMI, FFMI, and FMI).