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Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2010 Oct;33(5):441–449. doi: 10.1002/nur.20393

Table 3.

Pearson Correlations Between Time Spent in Daily Activity and Change in Outcome Variables

Outcome Variables	Sedentary		Light		Moderate		Vigorous		Mod-Vigorous
Outcome Variables	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
BMI percentile	.05	.86	−.09	.73	.04	.87	.11	.68	.05	.85
VO_2peak (mL/kg/minute⁻¹)	−.56	.03	.49	.06	.59	.02	.19	.49	.57	.02
Percent fat mass	.13	.62	−.11	.68	−.15	.58	−.03	.91	−.14	.60
Percent fat free mass	−.11	.69	.05	.86	.20	.45	.12	.67	.20	.45
Fat mass (kg)	−.02	.94	.03	.92	.02	.95	.07	.80	.02	.93
Fat free mass (kg)	−.52	.04	.42	.11	.61	.01	.70	.01	.64	.01
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	.61	.01	−.58	.02	−.61	.01	−.25	.36	−.60	.02
Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	.62	.01	−.59	.02	−.61	.01	−.25	.36	−.60	.02
High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)	.51	.04	−.47	.06	−.54	.03	−.25	.34	−.52	.04
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	.55	.03	−.55	.03	−.56	.02	−.30	.25	−.56	.03
A1C (%)	.36	.17	−.29	.28	−.56	.02	−.44	.08	−.57	.02

BMI = body mass index; VO_2peak = cardiovascular fitness; A1C = glycosylated hemoglobin; positive correlations = increase in outcome variable; negative correlations = decrease in outcome variable.