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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 29.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Nov;40(11):1916–1922. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318180c390

Table 2.

Range (n) of measured values within each quintile of inactivity, MVPA and VPA for 6-day accelerometry and self-report.

Quintile
1 2 3 4 5
Accelerometry (minutes/day)
Inactivity
 6th Grade 282.5–406.6 (191) 406.7–441.2 (190) 441.3–473.4 (190) 473.6–517.7 (190) 518.6–696.8 (190)
 8th Grade 309.9–460.0 (191) 461.0–493.7 (190) 493.8–525.0 (190) 525.2–562.9 (190) 563.0–752.1 (190)
MVPA
 6th Grade 2.6–13.9 (191) 13.9–18.8 (190) 18.8–24.2 (190) 24.3–31.6 (190) 31.6–87.8 (190)
 8th Grade 2.0–13.2 (191) 13.2–17.4 (190) 17.5–22.2 (190) 22.2–29.4 (190) 29.4–76.3 (190)
VPA
 6th Grade 0.2–2.4 (191) 2.4–3.6 (190) 3.6–5.1 (190) 5.2–8.0 (190) 8.0–49.6 (190)
 8th Grade 0.3–2.3 (191) 2.3–3.4 (190) 3.4–4.6 (190) 4.6–7.3 (190) 7.3–31.0 (190)
Self-report (30-min. blocks/day)
Inactivity
 6th Grade 12.7–26.0 (201) 26.3–28.3 (207) 28.7–30.0 (192) 30.3–31.3 (161) 31.7–36.0 (190)
 8th Grade 16.3–26.3 (198) 26.7–28.3 (183) 28.7–30.0 (210) 30.3–31.7 (205) 32.0–36.0 (155)
MVPA
 6th Grade 0.0–0.0 (201) 0.3–0.7 (187) 1.0–1.7 (204) 2.0–3.0 (174) 3.3–15.0 (185)
 8th Grade 0.0–0.0 (317) 0.3–0.7 (152) 1.0–1.3 (126) 1.7–2.7 (176) 3.0–15.3 (180)
VPA
 6th Grade 0.0–0.0 (284) 0.3–0.7 (233) 1.0–1.0 (69) 1.3–2.0 (184) 2.3–12.3 (181)
 8th Grade* 0.0–0.0* (421) 0.3–0.7 (183) 1.0–1.7 (168) 2.0–12.3 (179)
*

Quintiles 1 and 2 combined due to 44% of girls reporting zero blocks of VPA at 8th grade

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