Table 3. Spearman correlation coefficients between IPAQ (short version, usual week) and accelerometer-based measures.
TPA-AC (MET·min·wk−1) | Daily step count (steps day−1) | METs 3.0+ (min·day−1) | ||||||||||
Young old | Old old | Young old | Old old | Young old | Old old | |||||||
Men (n = 76) |
Women (n = 84) |
Men (n = 77) |
Women (n = 69) |
Men (n = 76) |
Women (n = 84) |
Men (n = 77) |
Women (n = 69) |
Men (n = 76) |
Women (n = 84) |
Men (n = 77) |
Women (n = 69) |
|
Vigorous (min·wk−1) | 0.25* | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.26* | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.14 |
Moderate (min·wk−1) | 0.26* | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.28* | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.05 | −0.03 |
Walking (min·wk−1) | 0.31** | 0.49** | 0.63** | 0.56** | 0.30** | 0.48** | 0.59** | 0.55** | 0.34** | 0.46** | 0.65** | 0.51** |
Total IPAQ | ||||||||||||
Original IPAQ (MET·min·wk−1) |
0.42** | 0.49** | 0.53** | 0.49** | 0.44** | 0.47** | 0.55** | 0.49** | 0.37** | 0.43** | 0.47** | 0.40** |
Modified IPAQ (MET·min·wk−1) |
0.43** | 0.49** | 0.54** | 0.49** | 0.44** | 0.48** | 0.56** | 0.49** | 0.38** | 0.44** | 0.49** | 0.40** |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. TPA-AC: Total physical activity measured by accelerometer. METs 3.0+: Duration of physical activity ≥3.0METs.
Participants who reported swimming and long cycling/upper-body exercise during accelerometer measurement were excluded from this analysis.