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Table 3.

Mean (SD) energy expenditure (METs) and time (min) spent in sedentary behaviors (SB), light physical activity (LPA), moderate physical activity (MPA), and vigorous physical activity (VPA) during the 6-h measurement period for the Cosmed K4b² and each prediction equation

	Cosmed MET_standard	Cosmed MET_predictedRMR	2008 Crouter 2-regression model	Refined 2-regression model	Klippel and Heil 1-regression	Klippel and Heil 2-regression
EE (METs)	1.90 (0.68)	2.10 (0.78)^*	2.70 (0.86)^*,^#	1.82 (0.56)^#	1.92 (0.54)	2.06 (0.67)
SB	167.5 (99.4)	151.0 (103.3)^*	115.0 (76.9)^*,^#	158.7 (81.9)	155.5 (83.7)	155.5 (83.7)
LPA	117.1 (74.0)	115.5 (66.2)	80.7 (35.0)	116.3 (58.7)	81.4 (43.0)^*,^#	82.3 (43.3)^*,^#
MPA	47.2 (50.0)	63.4 (55.8)^*	133.2 (76.6)^*,^#	60.6 (57.6)	99.3 (74.6)^*,^#	98.4 (74.2)^*,^#
VPA	4.4 (11.4)	6.4 (16.5)	7.3 (11.0)	0.6 (1.5)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)

Significantly different from Cosmed MET_standard

Significantly different from Cosmed MET_predictedRMR (P < 0.05)