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. 2015 Jan 10;7:2. doi: 10.1186/2052-1847-7-2

Table 5.

Median (interquartile range) minutes per day spent in moderate-to- vigorous intensity physical activity embedded within bouts of light intensity physical activity within the total sample and according to sex, age, race/ethnicity, and body mass index

Moderate intensity Vigorous intensity Moderate-to-vigorous intensity
Total Sample 14.4 (5.2-28.5) 0.0 (0.0-0.2) 15.5 (5.7-29.7)
Sex
 Men 19.8 (8.3-36.2) 0.0 (0.0-0.4) 20.3 (8.5-38.2)
 Women 9.7 (3.3-20.8) 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 9.8 (3.4-22.0)
Age
 20-39 years 20.5 (10.3-34.5) 0.0 (0.0-0.7) 21.2 (10.8-37.0)
 40-59 years 15.4 (6.5-28.8) 0.0 (0.0-0.2) 15.9 (6.7-29.7)
 ≥60 years 3.3 (0.7-11.4) 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 3.3 (0.7-11.4)
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 14.0 (4.7-28.0)a 0.0 (0.0-0.2)a 14.6 (4.8-29.4)a
 Non-Hispanic black 12.6 (4.8-26.2)a 0.0 (0.0-0.2)a 12.7 (4.9-27.6)a
 Mexican American 18.8 (8.4-37.0)b 0.0 (0.0-0.3)a 19.2 (8.5-38.0)b
 Other 15.1 (6.6-29.0)b 0.0 (0.0-0.2)a 15.3 (6.7-30.7)b
Body Mass Index
 <18.5 kg/m2 12.0 (4.8-23.5)a 0.0 (0.0-0.2)ab 12.2 (4.8-24.0)a
 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 17.1 (6.6-33.2)b 0.0 (0.0-0.6)b 18.3 (6.8-35.3)b
 25-29.9 kg/m2 16.0 (5.8-29.7)b 0.0 (0.0-0.2)a 16.7 (5.9-30.9)b
 ≥30 kg kg/m2 10.2 (3.5-21.7)a 0.0 (0.0-0.0)a 10.3 (3.5-22)a

Note: All group comparisons were statistically significant unless the median (interquartile range) is followed by an aor bsymbol. Groups with the same letter symbols were not statistically different from each other.