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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Jul;45(7):1298–1306. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182863de5

Table 2.

Baseline physical activity data for Madres para la Salud study participants (N=139)

Variable N N (%) Mean ± SD Median
(25th, 75th Quartiles)
Minimum -
Maximum
SBAS Category (%) 139
  Inactive 72 (51.4)
  Light 52 (37.1)
  Moderate 15 (10.7)
  Hard 0 (0)
  Very Hard 0 (0)
Pedometer
  Total steps.d−1 137a 4,973 ± 2202 4,539 (3603, 6119) 1,433 – 15,711
  No. Steps > 100 steps.min−1 137 412b ± 774 0 (0, 573) 0 – 5,014
  Minutes spent walking >100 steps.min−1 137 4 ± 7 0 (0, 6) 0 – 42
Pedometer Categories (steps.d−1) 137
  Sedentary (<5,000) 83 (61.0)
  Low Active (5,000–7,499) 39 (28.1)
  Somewhat active (7,500–9,999) 11 (8.0)
  Active (10,000–12,499) 2 (1.45)
  Highly active (>12,500) 2 (1.45)
ActiGraph Accelerometer (min.d−1) 120c
  Sedentary (1–100 ctmd) 512.0 ± 169.9 478.1 (407.4, 543.9) 240.7 – 1061.2
  Light (101–759 ctm) 242.4 ± 51.4 236.1 (205.3, 273.5) 135.5 – 390.9
  Mod Lifestyle (760–1951 ctm) 78.3 ± 39.9 75.6 (50.4, 98.2) 13.2 – 317.3
  Mod Walking (1952–5724 ctm) 16.7 ± 14.4 12.4 (5.7, 24.3) 0.5 – 63.0
  Vigorous (≥5725 ctm) 0.3 ± 1.5 0 (0, 0) 0.0 – 10.9