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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2014 Nov 25;12(8):1074–1081. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2014-0125

Table 3.

Association between individual weather conditions and physical activity measures, unadjusted models*

Total Physical Activity, counts MVPA, minutes Inactivity, minutes
Estimate SE P Estimate SE P Estimate SE P
Intercept 301,383 12,844 < 0.0001 37 3.7 < 0.0001 300 5.8 < 0.0001
Day length, hours 12,167 989 < 0.0001 4 0.28 < 0.0001 −1.5 0.44 0.0007
Intercept 504,936 6,129 < 0.0001 103 1.9 < 0.0001 270 2.9 < 0.0001
Heating Degrees, °F −2,844 195 < 0.0001 −0.9 0.055 < 0.0001 0.5 0.083 < 0.0001
Intercept 499,231 7412 < 0.0001 103 2.2 < 0.0001 266 3.8 < 0.0001
Cooling Degrees, °F −5,325 626 < 0.0001 −1.6 0.18 < 0.0001 1.9 0.31 < 0.0001
Intercept 455,277 4391 < 0.0001 89 1.4 < 0.0001 281 2.3 < 0.0001
Precipitation, inches −44,807 5935 < 0.0001 −14 1.7 < 0.0001 6 2.6 0.02
Intercept 470,445 5441 < 0.0001 94 1.7 < 0.0001 278 2.7 < 0.0001
Wind, miles per hour −3,496 562 < 0.0001 −1.1 0.16 < 0.0001 0.7 0.25 0.007
*

Estimated using mixed effects regression models. Weather variables were modeled as fixed effects and subject and intercept were specified as random effects.

Physical activity measures represent daily values, recorded while accelerometer was worn, on valid days, i.e., days with ≥ 8 hours wear time.