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. 2014 Jan 13;7:29. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-29

Table 2.

Time (in min•wk -1 ) spent engaged in MVPA when participants were classified as meeting or not meeting the 2008 U.S. PA guidelines assessed using accelerometer, the SBAS, and the RAPA 1

Assessment method
Meeting guidelines
Not meeting guidelines
p value 2
  n Time (min•wk -1 ) n Time (min•wk -1 )  
Accelerometers
15
221 ± 75
16
90 ± 39
0.0001
SBAS
17
175 ± 100
13
133 ± 66
0.222
RAPA 15 192 ± 99 16 117 ± 61 0.018

1Data shown as mean ± SD and expressed in min•wk-1; MVPA: Moderate Walking + Vigorous PA.

2P-value for independent t-test performed on the square root transformation of MVPA for those meeting and not meeting the 2008 U.S. PA guidelines.