Table 2. Physical activity energy expenditure (kJ/kg/day) as assessed by the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire and combined movement sensor and heart rate monitor, N = 1923.
| RPAQ | Acc+HR | Inter-method difference | ||||||||||||
| Mean | SD | Median | IQR | Mean | SD | Median | IQR | Mean bias | Median bias | LoA | ||||
| Women, N = 1343 | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 53.8 | 35.6 | 47.4 | 27.0 | 68.4 | 39.0 | 11.8 | 38.0 | 30.2 | 47.2 | 14.8 | 6.0*** | −28.9 | 104.1 |
| France | 34.2 | 20.9 | 29.7 | 19.6 | 43.8 | 38.2 | 11.9 | 37.5 | 30.8 | 45.4 | −4.0 | −8.9* | −33.8 | 50.8 |
| Germany | 46.2 | 35.2 | 36.7 | 24.5 | 54.8 | 40.7 | 14.3 | 38.7 | 30.0 | 49.7 | 5.5 | −1.0 | −30.0 | 64.0 |
| Greece | 28.6 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 13.6 | 39.2 | 38.8 | 14.1 | 38.2 | 29.7 | 48.1 | −10.2 | −14.0*** | −43.0 | 36.5 |
| Italy | 31.5 | 18.8 | 25.7 | 18.8 | 39.2 | 46.3 | 13.6 | 44.3 | 36.8 | 55.5 | −14.8 | −16.6 | −50.6 | 23.4 |
| Netherlands | 57.2 | 26.1 | 51.5 | 40.4 | 72.4 | 46.5 | 17.6 | 43.6 | 35.4 | 54.9 | 10.7 | 8.6*** | −44.9 | 81.2 |
| Norway | 40.8 | 25.2 | 35.1 | 23.1 | 53.0 | 45.1 | 14.5 | 42.7 | 35.1 | 53.7 | −4.3 | −7.4* | −48.7 | 58.7 |
| Spain | 32.9 | 17.3 | 29.6 | 21.1 | 42.6 | 47.9 | 13.5 | 46.0 | 38.6 | 57.1 | −15.0 | −15.3*** | −51.0 | 30.9 |
| Sweden | 40.8 | 30.6 | 33.7 | 21.9 | 49.6 | 42.9 | 14.6 | 41.0 | 32.1 | 51.7 | −2.1 | −7.5 | −36.0 | 79.0 |
| United Kingdom | 36.3 | 22.3 | 29.2 | 19.1 | 49.9 | 35.3 | 11.6 | 33.5 | 26.4 | 44.1 | 1.0 | −3.3 | −36.8 | 54.6 |
| Total, women | 40.6 | 27.3 | 34.1 | 22.1 | 52.2 | 42.4 | 14.5 | 40.6 | 32.4 | 50.9 | −1.7 | −6.5* | −44.4 | 63.4 |
| Men, N = 580 | ||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 71.2 | 61.0 | 52.8 | 38.8 | 80.6 | 43.1 | 17.4 | 41.5 | 32.4 | 51.8 | 28.1 | 13.1*** | −26.5 | 232.9 |
| Germany | 62.3 | 39.4 | 51.0 | 35.8 | 78.1 | 41.6 | 13.9 | 41.0 | 31.3 | 49.4 | 20.7 | 14.0*** | −27.9 | 94.6 |
| Greece | 40.5 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 22.4 | 45.7 | 44.2 | 19.3 | 43.8 | 29.4 | 54.7 | −4.7 | −7.3 | −45.7 | 63.9 |
| Italy | 44.5 | 25.9 | 42.0 | 28.2 | 54.4 | 51.2 | 15.8 | 48.7 | 41.5 | 60.1 | −6.7 | −12.1* | −37.4 | 44.7 |
| Netherlands | 56.8 | 24.4 | 54.2 | 38.5 | 66.3 | 55.2 | 15.1 | 54.0 | 44.6 | 63.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | −63.7 | 74.3 |
| Spain | 50.2 | 34.8 | 44.7 | 28.5 | 59.4 | 51.1 | 19.5 | 48.6 | 38.2 | 62.5 | −0.5 | −5.1 | −47.8 | 55.1 |
| Sweden | 52.1 | 34.5 | 43.3 | 27.7 | 68.9 | 55.3 | 18.8 | 52.4 | 41.3 | 67.0 | −2.9 | −8.6 | −64.2 | 101.3 |
| United Kingdom | 61.0 | 72.7 | 47.5 | 25.9 | 74.3 | 40.0 | 16.2 | 36.6 | 29.3 | 48.9 | 21.0 | 7.9* | −39.4 | 105.5 |
| Total, men | 55.2 | 46.5 | 43.7 | 29.0 | 69.0 | 47.1 | 18.2 | 45.5 | 34.1 | 57.6 | 8.1 | 1.1*** | −47.2 | 101.3 |
| Total, both sexes | 34.8 | 55.2 | 37.7 | 23.6 | 45.0 | 43.6 | 15.8 | 46.5 | 32.7 | 53.3 | 1.2 | −4.6 | −46.0 | 78.7 |
IQR- interquartile range; SD- standard deviation; LoA- 95% limits of agreement; range of bias includes the values between 2.5th and 97.5th percentile;
Acc+HR- combined accelerometer and heart rate monitor.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 for bias.