Table 3.
Mean ± SD for the daily number of continuous bouts of physical activity according to their duration and intensity
| LPA | MPA | VPA | VHPA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| ≤15s | 214.4 ± 63.9*** | 174.3 ± 55.6 | 344.8 ± 79.1 | 336.3 ± 76.7 | 157.9 ± 53.4*** | 125.3 ± 48.4 | 59.9 ± 25.8*** | 44.1 ± 27.9 |
| 15 < x ≤ 30s | 63.1 ± 16.3 | 60.5 ± 17.0 | 49.8 ± 14.9*** | 38.7 ± 12.9 | 9.4 ± 5.2*** | 7.0 ± 5.5 | 1.8 ± 1.7 | 1.8 ± 2.2 |
| 30 < x ≤ 60s | 51.5 ± 12.6 | 53.9 ± 12.5 | 22.3 ± 8.5*** | 14.5 ± 6.3 | 1.9 ± 1.3 | 1.8 ± 1.8 | 0.3 ± 0.5 | 0.5 ± 0.9 |
| 60 < x ≤ 180s | 52.1 ± 11.5 | 58.9 ± 11.0*** | 7.3 ± 3.4*** | 4.3 ± 2.5 | 0.07 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.3 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 0.2 ± 0.4 |
| 180 < x ≤ 600s | 27.6 ± 5.8 | 31.2 ± 5.1*** | 0.5 ± 0.5 | 0.5 ± 0.6 | 0.02 ± 0.08 | 0.003 ± 0.02 | 0.004 ± 0.02 | 0.03 ± 0.1 |
| >600s | 14.6 ± 2.9 | 14.6 ± 2.5 | 0.02 ± 0.7 | 0.02 ± 0.01 | 0.002 ± 0.02 | 0.005 ± 0.05 | ||
LPA: light physical activity; MPA: moderate physical activity; VPA: vigorous physical activity; VHPA: very high physical activity.
***: significantly different between genders at p < 0.001.