Table 3.
Energy Cost of Activities (METs)
| Compendium code | Children 8–11 yrs
|
Adolescents 12–16 yrs
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compendium MET | N | Mean ± SD | 95% CI | Compendium MET | N | Mean ± SD | 95% CI | ||
| Treadmill activities | |||||||||
| 0.89 m·s−1 0% gr | 240051 | 2.6 | 31 | 2.8 ± 0.4 | 2.6–2.9 | 2.9 | 0 | NA | NA |
| 0.89 m·s−1 3% gr | NA | NA | 32 | 3.2 ± 0.4 | 3.0–3.3 | NA | 0 | NA | NA |
| 1.34 m·s−1 0% gr | 240052 | 3.7 | 31 | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 3.5–3.9 | 4.0* | 28 | 3.6 ± 0.6 | 3.4–3.9 |
| 1.56 m·s−1 0% gr | 240053 | 4.5 | 27 | 4.4 ± 0.7 | 4.1–4.6 | 4.8* | 28 | 4.3 ± 0.8 | 3.9–4.6 |
| 1.56 m·s−1 3% gr | NA | NA | 0 | NA | NA | NA | 28 | 5.2 ± 1.0 | 4.8–5.6 |
| 2.24 m·s−1 0% gr | 341481 | 7.3 | 0 | NA | NA | 8.4* | 23 | 7.6 ± 0.2 | 7.1–8.1 |
| Activities of daily living | |||||||||
| Backpack (4.5 kg) | 240091 | 3.4 | 32 | 3.4 ± 0.5 | 3.3–3.6 | 3.4 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Backpack (6.8 kg) | 240091 | 3.4 | 0 | NA | NA | 3.4 | 25 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | 3.2–3.7 |
| Basketball** | 342033 | 10.1* | 30 | 6.6 ± 1.3 | 6.1–7.1 | 10.1* | 28 | 7.6 ± 1.8 | 6.9–8.3 |
| Bike | 341242 | 6.2* | 27 | 4.2 ± 1.0 | 3.8–4.6 | 6.2* | 26 | 4.0 ± 0.9 | 3.6–4.3 |
| Crafts | 420000 | 1.6 | 32 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 1.4–1.6 | 1.6 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Board games | 721220 | 1.6 | 0 | NA | NA | 1.6* | 28 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 1.2–1.5 |
| Wii Tennis** | 732202 | 3.4* | 31 | 2.3 ± 0.6 | 2.1–2.5 | 3.4* | 28 | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 1.8–2.1 |
*
Compendium MET different than Measured MET.
**
Measured MET different between children and adolescents.
Abbreviations: gr, grade; Compendium code = code corresponding to activity selected from the Compendium for comparison.