Table 2.
Physical Activity Measures by BMI group
| BMI groups (kg/m2) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total
(756) |
<40
(117) |
40 to < 50
(402) |
50 to < 60
(183) |
60+
(54) |
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| Mean steps/day, mean± SD | 7569±3159 | 8566.3±2936 | 8102±3154 | 6600±2611 | 4748±2319 | |||||
| Activity categories | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N |
| Sedentary <5000 steps/day | 20.0 | 151 | 10.3 | 12 | 13.4 | 54 | 29.0 | 53 | 59.3 | 32 |
| Low active 5000-7499 steps/day | 33.9 | 256 | 27.4 | 32 | 33.8 | 136 | 40.4 | 74 | 25.9 | 14 |
| Somewhat active 7500-9999 steps/day | 26.6 | 201 | 30.8 | 36 | 30.6 | 123 | 19.7 | 36 | 11.1 | 6 |
| Active 10000-12499 steps/day | 13.5 | 102 | 23.9 | 28 | 14.4 | 58 | 7.7 | 14 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Highly Active ≥12500 steps/day | 6.1 | 46 | 7.7 | 9 | 7.7 | 31 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Peak activity index,* mean± SD | 72.4±15.4 | 77.1±15.1 | 74.9±14.4 | 68.2±14.7 | 57.1±13.5 | |||||
*
Mean steps per minute during the most active 30 minutes of the day.