Table 2.
Body composition parameters across physical activity categories defined by 25th and 75th percentiles for the distribution of normal and aerobic steps count
| Variable | Steps | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (n=126) | Moderate (n=254) | High (n=127) | ||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Age | 49 | 13 | 45 | 13 | 43 | 13 |
| %BF | 40.5 | 10.9 | 37.5 | 10.4 | 34.0 | 10.6 |
| Height | 167.3 | 10.2 | 167.3 | 8.6 | 168.0 | 8.4 |
| Weight | 100.9 | 26.6 | 91.3 | 21.5 | 84.0 | 20.0 |
| BMI | 36.1 | 9.0 | 32.6 | 7.2 | 29.7 | 6.5 |
| WHR | 0.92 | 0.10 | 0.88 | 0.10 | 0.86 | 0.10 |
| WHtR | 0.66 | 0.12 | 0.60 | 0.11 | 0.57 | 0.11 |
| Variable | Aerobic steps | |||||
| Low (n=126) | Moderate (n=254) | High (n=127) | ||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Age | 47 | 13 | 47 | 13 | 42 | 14 |
| %BF | 40.0 | 10.8 | 38.1 | 10.1 | 33.3 | 11.1 |
| Height | 167.2 | 9.9 | 166.5 | 8.5 | 169.6 | 8.7 |
| Weight | 99.1 | 27.3 | 90.8 | 20.7 | 86.8 | 22.0 |
| BMI | 35.4 | 8.8 | 32.8 | 7.3 | 30.1 | 7.1 |
| WHR | 0.90 | 0.10 | 0.88 | 0.10 | 0.87 | 0.10 |
| WHtR | 0.65 | 0.12 | 0.61 | 0.11 | 0.57 | 0.10 |
Categorization into three groups of activity level; low = low-activity level category (< 5101 steps per day; < 140 aerobic steps per day), moderate = moderate-activity level category (5101-8985 steps per day; 140-1500 aerobic steps per day), high = high-activity level category (> 8985 steps per day; > 1500 aerobic steps per day)