Table 2.
Mean minutes/day of physical activity and sedentary behavior, overall and by age, gender, and race/ethnicity
| Sedentary Behavior |
Light | MVPA | MVPA | MVPA | ||||||||||||
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| n | <=100 cpm (Matthews) |
101-1040 cpm | >=1041 cpm (Copeland) |
>=1456 cpm (Pruitt) | >=2020 cpm (Troiano) |
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| Mean Hours/ Day^ |
Standard Error of the Mean |
Mean Minutes/ Day^ |
Standard Error of the Mean |
Mean Minutes/ Day^ |
Standard Error of the Mean |
Mean Minutes/ Day^ |
Standard Error of the Mean |
Mean Minutes/ Day^ |
Standard Error of the Mean |
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| NYC (n=760) | ||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 760 | 9.6 | 0.1 | * | 198.5 | 2.4 | * | 37.8 | 1.1 | 23.8 | 0.8 | * | 13.2 | 0.6 | * | |
| Age groups | ||||||||||||||||
| 60~69 | 281 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 218.5 | 4.0 | * | 51.1 | 1.9 | 33.5 | 1.5 | * | 20.0 | 1.3 | * | ||
| 70~79 | 324 | 9.8 | 0.1 | * | 198.4 | 3.5 | * | 33.8 | 1.5 | 20.3 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 0.8 | |||
| 80 and older | 155 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 162.2 | 4.8 | * | 22.0 | 1.7 | 13.3 | 1.3 | * | 6.4 | 0.9 | |||
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||
| Men | 175 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 193.1 | 5.1 | * | 50.1 | 2.7 | 35.0 | 2.3 | * | 22.4 | 1.9 | * | ||
| Women | 585 | 9.5 | 0.1 | * | 200.1 | 2.7 | * | 34.1 | 1.1 | 20.4 | 0.8 | * | 10.5 | 0.5 | * | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 219 | 9.9 | 0.2 | * | 197.4 | 4.3 | * | 39.1 | 2.2 | 25.0 | 1.7 | * | 14.5 | 1.3 | * | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 344 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 194.7 | 3.6 | * | 33.5 | 1.5 | 20.2 | 1.1 | * | 10.6 | 0.8 | * | ||
| Hispanic | 174 | 9.2 | 0.2 | * | 211.4 | 5.3 | * | 46.1 | 2.3 | 30.2 | 1.8 | * | 17.4 | 1.4 | * | |
| Other | 23 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 166.7 | 11.0 | * | 27.3 | 4.5 | * | 17.3 | 3.5 | 9.4 | 2.5 | |||
| NHANES 2003-2006 (n=2451) | ||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 2451 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 250.4 | 2.3 | 39.3 | 1.4 | 21.1 | 1.0 | 10.6 | 0.7 | |||||
| Age groups | ||||||||||||||||
| 60~69 | 1087 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 269.7 | 2.7 | 50.8 | 1.4 | 27.6 | 0.9 | 13.8 | 0.6 | |||||
| 70~79 | 809 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 243.9 | 3.3 | 34.2 | 2.1 | 18.1 | 1.6 | 8.9 | 1.1 | |||||
| 80 and older | 555 | 10.2 | 0.1 | 213.5 | 4.7 | 19.5 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 1.6 | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||||||||||
| Men | 1240 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 238.9 | 2.7 | 46.6 | 1.9 | 26.0 | 1.5 | 13.1 | 1.0 | |||||
| Women | 1211 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 259.3 | 3.5 | 33.6 | 1.2 | 17.3 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 0.6 | |||||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1491 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 249.1 | 2.6 | 39.4 | 1.5 | 21.3 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 0.8 | |||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 397 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 244.5 | 6.7 | 31.7 | 2.0 | 15.7 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 0.6 | |||||
| Hispanic | 492 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 269.8 | 5.2 | 46.1 | 2.2 | 24.9 | 1.4 | 11.9 | 0.9 | |||||
| Other | 71 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 265.2 | 12.2 | 44.4 | 5.6 | 25.3 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 1.4 | |||||
CPM = counts per minute; MVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NYC = New York City
^
The means are weighted for the NHANES sample
*
p<0.05 comparing the NYC to the NHANES sample strata