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. 2015 Feb 15;12:20. doi: 10.1186/s12966-015-0183-7

Table 1.

Latent classes derived from accelerometry among adults (n = 7931); NHANES 2003-2006

Weighted mean of average counts/minute, MVPA (minutes/day), or sedentary behavior (minutes/day)
n Weighted percent of population in class Average percent out of total wearing time Overall Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Average counts/minute
Class 1 - Least active 2088 21.7 135.4 138.1 135.3 131.6 134.6 139.8 139.6 125.6
Class 2 3372 44.1 267.2 272.5 269.0 265.9 265.2 266.2 274.6 257.9
Class 3 1596 22.2 406.0 423.9 416.7 410.7 421.9 418.4 391.7 361.6
Class 4 181 2.8 510.2 448.2 432.9 417.5 436.2 442.3 692.2 801.5
Class 5 571 7.8 568.2 611.5 631.7 631.4 620.6 575.6 465.3 429.4
Class 6 - Most active 123 1.3 852.4 906.5 846.8 974.9 934.6 873.2 723.6 707.9
Average percent of MVPA (Troiano) out of total wearing time per day
Class 1 - Least active 5410 65.3 1.2 9.3 10.8 10.4 9.9 10.3 10.5 10.0 8.9
Class 2 1768 24.9 4.2 32.1 38.5 39.0 38.8 37.6 36.6 31.0 26.8
Class 3 207 3.2 7.1 52.0 49.8 44.8 43.3 51.4 47.5 78.4 95.2
Class 4 473 5.9 8.2 59.9 77.3 78.2 82.0 78.3 68.5 47.6 39.0
Class 5 - Most active 73 0.7 16.1 113.6 150.4 138.2 159.6 133.0 127.6 112.1 92.1
Percent of MVPA bouts (Troiano) out of total wearing time per day
Class 1 - Least active 4765 57.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Class 2 569 8.2 0.5 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 5.8 10.2 13.3
Class 3 814 10.3 0.5 4.9 6.6 6.0 9.0 5.6 3.0 1.9 1.6
Class 4 1573 21.5 2.1 17.8 19.8 19.9 18.4 19.3 16.3 15.9 15.4
Class 5 - Most active 210 2.5 6.7 53.3 66.5 51.1 63.4 53.3 47.8 46.0 45.0
Percent of MVPA (Matthews) out of total wearing time per day
Class 1 - Least active 2330 24.3 4.4 34.6 37.8 37.6 36.5 37.7 39.6 38.7 33.2
Class 2 3277 43.6 11.0 84.3 97.0 95.8 94.4 92.6 95.7 94.4 86.6
Class 3 1500 20.9 17.8 133.9 156.0 153.5 153.0 155.9 157.5 141.0 126.7
Class 4 245 3.8 24.6 183.6 198.1 185.4 178.6 184.2 195.9 251.6 246.4
Class 5 470 6.2 25.8 185.1 229.6 255.1 245.0 244.7 218.0 152.7 129.0
Class 6 - Most active 109 1.2 39.5 266.3 358.6 334.6 341.8 352.2 328.7 226.9 237.0
Percent of MVPA bouts (Matthews) out of total wearing time per day
Class 1 - Least active 1233 12.7 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0
Class 2 1410 17.0 0.8 6.4 5.1 3.9 4.8 3.7 4.8 11.4 12.5
Class 3 2827 37.3 2.9 24.8 26.6 24.4 22.2 23.4 24.1 28.8 26.9
Class 4 1997 27.4 8.3 69.6 74.0 69.0 72.2 69.7 70.7 70.1 62.5
Class 5 - Most active 464 5.6 21.3 175.4 189.2 212.4 190.6 203.7 185.4 124.1 109.8
Percent of sedentary behavior out of total wearing time per day
Class 1 - Most sedentary 662 6.3 82.3 660.2 732.5 736.5 725.2 725.6 728.6 726.3 735.4
Class 2 2090 25.1 69.3 546.8 606.6 624.3 616.3 617.5 613.3 562.6 568.8
Class 3 2848 37.7 58.4 453.9 502.1 507.1 512.6 505.1 509.6 479.5 483.5
Class 4 1749 24.0 46.7 354.8 399.3 387.9 394.1 384.7 388.2 395.0 404.3
Class 5 - Least sedentary 582 7.0 35.0 256.3 271.8 263.0 261.1 255.2 292.4 346.5 336.7
Percent of sedentary bouts out of total wearing time per day
Class 1 - Most sedentary 587 5.6 85.6 746.7 760.6 761.5 749.0 749.1 751.0 757.7 767.6
Class 2 1469 17.3 66.2 568.9 578.5 597.4 591.5 587.4 585.0 527.6 548.5
Class 3 656 8.7 49.2 425.7 448.0 518.5 534.8 523.0 420.9 246.1 302.1
Class 4 1449 17.9 51.0 441.0 436.8 426.1 416.1 418.2 446.1 490.0 486.1
Class 5 1951 26.0 35.6 300.8 305.2 293.6 315.9 306.6 308.2 274.4 323.0
Class 6 288 4.1 35.1 292.1 204.8 208.2 195.4 186.6 288.2 551.3 441.9
Class 7 - Least sedentary 1531 20.3 19.5 159.0 166.0 153.5 144.8 146.3 156.5 181.7 199.8

MVPA = moderate to vigorous physical activity.