Table 3.
Median (interquartile range) daily time spent in sporadic physical activity of different intensities, in minutes per day and as a fraction of total physical activity, within men and according to sex, age, race/ethnicity, and body mass index
| Minutes per day | Fraction of total physical activity (SPA + BPA) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light intensity | Moderate intensity | Vigorous intensity | All intensities | Light intensity | Moderate intensity | Vigorous intensity | All intensities | |
| All Men | 97.6 (79.8-114.5) | 2.6 (1.4-4.5) | 0 (0–0) | 100.9 (82.7-118.3) | 24.7 (16.8-34.0) | 0.6 (0.4-1.1) | 0 (0–0) | 25.6 (17.4-35.2) |
| Age | ||||||||
| 20-39 years | 93.4 (72.6-110.7) | 3.4 (2.0-5.3) | 0 (0–0) | 97.9 (76.8-115.8) | 21.4 (13.8-30.0) | 0.8 (0.4-1.3) | 0 (0–0) | 22.2 (14.3-31.1) |
| 40-59 years | 99.5 (80.8-116.6) | 2.8 (1.8-4.6) | 0 (0–0) | 102.9 (83.8-121.2) | 24.2 (16.8-32.6) | 0.7 (0.4-1.2) | 0 (0–0) | 25.0 (17.5-33.8) |
| ≥60 years | 101.3 (86.1-117.1) | 1.3 (0.6-2.0) | 0 (0–0) | 103.0 (87.5-118.9) | 31.7 (24.2-44.5) | 0.4 (0.2-0.7) | 0 (0–0) | 32.3 (24.7-45.1) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 98.4 (81.6-114.7) | 2.5 (1.4-4.5) | 0 (0–0) | 101.5 (84.2-118.3) | 25.7 (17.6-34.8) | 0.6 (0.4-1.1) | 0 (0–0) | 26.7 (18.4-36.0) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 100.8 (83.8-118.7) | 2.5 (1.5-4.2) | 0 (0–0) | 103.9 (86.8-120.7) | 23.5 (17.2-32.3) | 0.6 (0.3-1.0) | 0 (0–0) | 24.4 (17.6-33.4) |
| Mexican American | 82.0 (61.2-105.2) | 2.7 (1.6-4.0) | 0 (0–0) | 86.2 (64.9-108.1) | 17.1 (10.8-25.8) | 0.5 (0.3-0.8) | 0 (0–0) | 17.7 (11.3-26.6) |
| Other | 97.5 (76.5-115.9) | 3.0 (1.9-4.7) | 0 (0–0) | 102.1 (78.7-121.0) | 24.9 (14.9-36.5) | 0.7 (0.4-1.3) | 0 (0–0) | 25.9 (16.1-37.5) |
| Body Mass Index | ||||||||
| <18.5 kg/m2 | 109.8 (81.4-122.7) | 2.8 (1.5-4.6) | 0 (0–0) | 114.0 (82.9-127.1) | 30.3 (20.8-40.9) | 0.8 (0.5-1.1) | 0 (0–0) | 31.3 (21.6-42.7) |
| 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 | 98.2 (78.8-114.6) | 2.9 (1.6-4.8) | 0 (0–0) | 101.3 (83.0-117.7) | 23.4 (15.6-33.1) | 0.7 (0.4-1.1) | 0 (0–0) | 24.3 (16.5-34.4) |
| 25-29.9 kg/m2 | 97.5 (80.8-114.5) | 2.6 (1.4-4.5) | 0 (0–0) | 100.8 (83.4-119.0) | 24.4 (16.8-32.9) | 0.6 (0.4-1.1) | 0 (0–0) | 25.4 (17.4-34.2) |
| ≥30 kg/m2 | 97.2 (79.1-113.8) | 2.4 (1.4-4.0) | 0 (0–0) | 100.3 (81.7-117.3) | 25.6 (17.5-35.6) | 0.6 (0.3-1.1) | 0 (0–0) | 26.4 (18.3-36.7) |
Note: All group comparisons were statistically significant.