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. 2011 Oct 5;6(10):e25733. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025733

Table 3. Relations between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity measures and elevated levels of the summary cardiometabolic risk factor score (N = 2754).

Moderate-to-vigorousphysical activity measure Prevalencewith high score, % Adjusted odds ratio(95% confidence interval)* C-statistic
Total (sporadic + bouts) 0.61
Quartile 1 (0–13 min/day) 32.3 1.00
Quartile 2 (14–33 min/day) 24.5 0.56 (0.35–0.90)
Quartile 3 (34–70 min/day) 24.8 0.37 (0.21–0.66)
Quartile 4 (71–249 min/day) 18.6 0.19 (0.08–0.46)
Ptrend<0.01 Ptrend<0.01
Bouts defined using 5 minute threshold
Sporadic (1–4 minutes) 0.60
Quartile 1 (0–9 min/day) 30.7 1.00
Quartile 2 (10–20 min/day) 25.2 0.70 (0.43–1.13)
Quartile 3 (21–39 min/day) 25.1 0.56 (0.32–0.98)
Quartile 4 (40–119 min/day) 19.2 0.25 (0.10–0.60)
Ptrend<0.01 Ptrend = 0.02
Bouts (≥5 consecutive minutes) 0.62
Quartile 1 (0–4 min/day) 32.4 1.00
Quartile 2 (5–15 min/day) 26.5 0.51 (0.33–0.77)
Quartile 3 (16–38 min/day) 23.1 0.37 (0.22–0.63)
Quartile 4 (39–218 min/day) 18.3 0.17 (0.09–0.34)
Ptrend<0.01 Ptrend<0.01
Bouts defined using 10 minute threshold
Sporadic (1–9 minutes) 0.61
Quartile 1 (0–10 min/day) 31.1 1.00
Quartile 2 (11–25 min/day) 25.2 0.65 (0.40–1.04)
Quartile 3 (26–49 min/day) 25.0 0.53 (0.30–0.93)
Quartile 4 (50–183 min/day) 19.0 0.25 (0.11–0.60)
Ptrend<0.01 Ptrend = 0.02
Bouts (≥10 consecutive minutes) 0.62
Quartile 1 (0–min/day) 32.0 1.00
Quartile 2 (1–8 min/day) 26.2 0.64 (0.42–0.99)
Quartile 3 (9–24 min/day) 23.5 0.45 (0.28–0.70)
Quartile 4 (25–186 min/day) 17.6 0.19 (0.11–0.34)
Ptrend<0.01 Ptrend<0.01

*Adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, diet, smoking, and total accelerometer wear time.