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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Phys Act. 2013 Oct 23;22(4):499–507. doi: 10.1123/japa.2012-0345

Table 3.

Mean minutes/day of MVPA in bouts, overall and by age, gender, and race/ethnicity

Mean MVPA Above Cutpoints in Bout Minutes/Day^
>=1041 cpm
(Copeland)
>=1456 cpm
(Pruitt)
>=2020 cpm
(Troiano)

Mean
Minutes/
Day^
Standar
d Error
of the
Mean
Mean
Minutes/
Day^
Standar
d Error
of the
Mean
Mean
Minutes/
Day^
Standar
d Error
of the
Mean
NYC (n=760)
Overall 26.0 1.5 * 17.4 0.9 * 10.7 0.5 *
Age groups
 60~69 35.1 3.4 23.5 1.3 * 16.0 1.1 *
 70~79 22.3 1.2 14.5 1.0 8.8 0.7
 80 and older 17.3 2.8 12.4 2.8 5.1 0.8
Gender
 Men 35.6 2.9 * 27.8 2.8 * 18.4 1.5 *
 Women 23.1 1.7 * 14.3 0.7 8.4 0.5
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic
White
30.4 4.6 19.0 2.2 11.4 1.1
 Non-Hispanic
Black
21.7 1.3 14.5 1.0 8.5 0.8
 Hispanic 29.7 1.7 21.7 1.4 * 14.3 1.2 *
 Other 19.7 4.0 * 12.8 3.1 9.7 2.6
NHANES 2003-2006 (n=2451)
Overall 23.4 1.5 14.9 1.2 9.4 0.9
Age groups
 60~69 29.0 1.5 18.5 1.2 11.7 0.9
 70~79 20.8 2.1 12.9 1.8 7.9 1.3
 80 and older 14.0 4.4 9.5 3.9 6.4 3.5
Gender
 Men 28.2 2.1 17.9 1.7 10.5 1.1
 Women 19.7 1.6 12.6 1.4 8.5 1.3
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic
White
23.5 1.7 15.0 1.4 9.5 1.1
 Non-Hispanic
Black
16.9 1.3 11.0 1.5 6.5 0.8
 Hispanic 24.3 1.5 15.8 1.1 9.3 1.1
 Other 36.1 6.0 20.9 1.8 13.4 1.1

cpm = counts per minute; MVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NYC = New York City

^

10-minute bouts were defined as >=10 consecutive minutes above the threshold, with allowance for interruptions of 1 or 2 minutes below the threshold.

^

The means are weighted for the NHANES sample

*

p<0.05 comparing the NYC to the NHANES sample strata