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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Jan 22;17(5):1003–1008. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.598

Table 2.

Cross-sectional sedentary activity from accelerometry by body mass index (BMI) or percent body fat in 8th Grade

BMI Percent Body Fat
5th - 85th percentile (N=2007) 85th - <95th percentile (N=543) ≥ 95th percentile (N=535) p-value <30% (N=1349) 30-34% (N=612) ≥35% (N=1124) p-value
Hours of sedentary activity (all days) 8.51 (0.07) 8.59 (0.08) 8.58 (0.08) 0.2285 8.47 (0.07) 8.58 (0.08) 8.60 (0.07) 0.0035
Hours of sedentary activity (Weekend) 6.53 (0.14) 6.54 (0.15) 6.56 (0.15) 0.9285 6.49 (0.14) 6.59 (0.15) 6.56 (0.14) 0.3558
Hours of sedentary activity (Weekday) 9.31 (0.07) 9.41 (0.08) 9.39 (0.08) 0.0816 9.26 (0.07) 9.38 (0.08) 9.42 (0.07) 0.0004
Hours of light activity (all days) 5.01 (0.06) 4.96 (0.07) 4.96 (0.07) 0.4032 5.05 (0.07) 4.94 (0.07) 4.95 (0.07) 0.0075
Hours of light activity (Weekend) 4.38 (0.06) 4.39 (0.07) 4.36 (0.07) 0.8472 4.43 (0.06) 4.34 (0.07) 4.35 (0.06) 0.1349
Hours of light activity (Weekday) 5.26 (0.07) 5.19 (0.08) 5.20 (0.08) 0.2261 5.30 (0.07) 5.19 (0.07) 5.19 (0.07) 0.0051

Mean (SE)

Means and p-values from mixed model analyses: Sedentary or Light Activity = Body Composition + Race + (Field Center + School within Field Center included as random effects).