. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2012 Mar;22(3):347–352. doi: 10.1007/s11695-011-0491-1

Table 1.

Comparison of Sensewear Pro Armband (SWA)- and Stayhealthy RT3- monitored time spent in sedentary, light, moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA), and total physical activities (TPA)

Activity intensity (METs)^*	Daily Minutes			Daily Percentage of Time
	SWA	RT3	P value	SWA	RT3	P value
Sedentary (min/d)	602.3 ± 128.6	582.9 ± 94.3	0.174	79.6 ± 11.5	78.6 ± 10.1	0.465
Light (min/d)	120.6 ± 65.7	131.9 ± 60.0	0.108	16.3 ± 9.3	17.8 ± 8.0	0.148
MVPA (min/d)	29.9 ± 19.5	25.9 ± 20.9	0.149	4.1 ± 2.8	3.5 ± 2.9	0.172
TPA (min/day)	150.6 ± 80.7	157.8 ± 74.5	0.408	20.4 ± 11.5	21.3 ± 10.1	0.458

Values are mean ± standard deviation.

Activity intensity (METs) thresholds = sedentary (< 1.5 METs), light (1.5–2.9 METs), MVPA (≥ 3.0 METs), TPA (≥ 1.5 METs)