TABLE 2.

Correlations among study variables pertaining to measures of physical activity energy expenditure, social desirability, and social approval (n = 80), The Energy Study, Worcester, Massachusetts, June–October 1997

	Measure of PAEE†				Body mass index‡	Social desirability score	Social approval score	Age	Resting metabolic rate
	Doubly labeled water	7-day PAR† 1	7-day PAR 2	24-hour PAR
PAEE from doubly labeled water		0.19	0.05	0.24*
ActiGraph average counts§ (counts/minute/day)	0.30*	0.18	−0.02	0.23*	−0.03	−0.29*	0.03	−0.12	0.02
Body mass index	0.13	0.04	−0.05	−0.08
Social desirability score	−0.02	0.12	0.21	0.06	0.19
Social approval score	−0.02	−0.18	−0.08	−0.21	−0.12	−0.28*
Age	0.01	0.02	0.20	0.12	0.13	0.16	0.02
Resting metabolic rate	0.04	0.11	0.04	−0.04	0.43	0.02	−0.22*	0.28*

^*p < 0.05.

^†PAEE, physical activity energy expenditure; PAR; physical activity recall.

^‡Weight (kg)/height (m)².

^§n = 72 because of missing values generated from the instrument or participant error.