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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Dec;42(12):2222–2230. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e1fcd5

Table 4.

Spearman correlation coefficients of the association between physical activity from the physical activity questionnaire (PAQ2) and physical activity from accelerometry and the physical activity log (PA-log), total cohort (N=545) and for men (N=271) and women (N=274) separately.

Accelerometer PA-log

PAQ2 Total physical
activity
Moderate-to-
vigorous activity
Light
activity
Sedentary
behavior
Corresponding intensity or
domain of activity

Total physical activity 0.30* 0.32* 0.36* −0.30* 0.68*
Moderate-to-vigorous activity 0.17* 0.17* 0.13** −0.14* 0.61*
Light activity 0.26* 0.26* 0.36* −0.27* 0.69*
Sedentary behavior −0.06 −0.06 −0.20* 0.16* 0.73*
Walking 0.10** 0.10** −0.04 −0.08 0.42*
Household activity −0.12** −0.13** −0.03 0.04 0.36*
Occupational activity§ 0.19** 0.19** 0.20* −0.32* 0.73*
Occupational activity, with sitting§ −0.05 0.02 0.03 −0.04 0.51*
Active transport§§ 0.22* 0.21* 0.18* −0.10* 0.61*
Cycling 0.08 0.08 0.19* −0.08 0.85*
Leisure-time activity 0.10** 0.08 0.03 −0.02 0.54*

Time spent in physical activity from accelerometer: moderate-to-vigorous activity ≥760 ct/min; light activity 100 ct/min-759 ct/min; sedentary behavior <100 ct/min.

Time spent in physical activity as reported on PAQ2 and the PA-log: moderate-to-vigorous activity >3.0 METs; light activity 2.0–3.0 METs; sedentary behavior <1.5 METs.

*

p-value <0.001,

**

p-value <0.05

§

Among employed participants.

§§

Active transport includes walking or cycling for work or getting about.