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. 2013 Nov 25;8(11):e81567. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081567

Table 3. Influences on physical activity expressed as counts per minute or the ratio of activity to sedentary time.

Counts per minute
Ratio of LMV:S activity
Ratio 95% CI P Ratio 95% CI P
Sex (boys versus girls) 1.03 0.99, 1.07 0.078 1.12 1.02, 1.22 0.014
Age: 4 (all compared with age 3) 0.62 0.59, 0.64 < 0.001 0.49 0.45, 0.54 < 0.001
5 0.58 0.56, 0.60 < 0.001 0.49 0.45, 0.54 < 0.001
5.5 0.46 0.44, 0.48 < 0.001 0.41 0.37, 0.45 < 0.001
6.5 0.50 0.47, 0.52 < 0.001 0.55 0.50, 0.61 < 0.001
7 0.49 0.47 0.51 < 0.001 0.56 0.51, 0.62 < 0.001
Number of valid hours (hour) 1.02 1.01, 1.03 < 0.001 1.08 1.07, 1.09 < 0.001
Weekend (compared with weekday) 1.03 1.02, 1.04 < 0.001 0.94 0.91, 0.96 < 0.001
Maximum temperature (°C) 0.998 0.996, 0.999 0.002 1.00 0.99, 1.01 0.258
Minimum temperature (°C) 0.997 0.995, 0.999 0.006 0.98 0.97, 0.99 < 0.001
Rainfall (mm) 0.998 0.997, 0.999 < 0.001 0.99 0.98, 0.99 < 0.001

Estimates are expressed as ratios which can also be interpreted as percentage difference