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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Mar;41(3):530–538. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818ace55

Table 4.

Kappa statistics and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the physical activity components measures overall and among women who reported recreational activity in the WHI Measurement and Precision Study

Entire sample Women with ≥1 episode of recreational activity#
N Weighted Kappa 95% CI N Weighted Kappa 95% CI
Form 34: Exercise or recreational physical activity
Mild physical activity, days per week 548 0.36 0.27, 0.45 303 0.40 0.28, 0.51
Mild physical activity, minutes per session 528 0.52 0.43, 0.61 295 0.51 0.40, 0.62
Moderate physical activity, days per week 563 0.53 0.47, 0.59 314 0.54 0.47, 0.47
Moderate physical activity, minutes per session 544 0.48 0.41, 0.54 297 0.44 0.36, 0.53
Strenuous physical activity, days per week 555 0.62 0.55, 0.68 314 0.62 0.55, 0.69
Strenuous physical activity, minutes per session 546 0.61 0.54, 0.68 306 0.60 0.52, 0.68
Number of walks per week >= 10 minutes 567 0.60 0.55, 0.65 314 0.55 0.48, 0.61
Minutes per walk 555 0.59 0.54, 0.65 307 0.59 0.52, 0.66
Usual speed of walk 556 0.60 0.54, 0.65 306 0.58 0.50, 0.66
Total exercise and recreational activity exposure 569 0.61 0.56, 0.66 314 0.51 0.42, 0.59
Form 42: Household and yard physical activity
Heavy indoor chores hours per week 517 0.52 0.45, 0.58 N/A*
Yard work, months per year 511 0.67 0.62, 0.71
Yard work, hours per week 509 0.64 0.59, 0.70
Historical strenuous physical activity
Strenuous physical activity at age 18 years 527 0.55** 0.48, 0.63 288 0.57** 0.47, 0.66
Strenuous physical activity at age 35 years 526 0.55** 0.48, 0.63 294 0.55** 0.45, 0.65
Strenuous physical activity at age 50 years 535 0.53** 0.46, 0.60 301 0.53** 0.44, 0.63
*

Only applicable for women who completed the recreational physical activity form

#

One episode of any recreational physical activity, regardless of intensity or duration

**

Simple kappa statistic