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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2014 Jul 15;27(1):151–159. doi: 10.1123/pes.2014-0022

Table 2.

Median (IQR) of self-reported minutes/day spent in MVPA, stratified by sex, race/ethnicity, and weight status groups (n = 3553)

Race/ethnicity Weight Status (CDC)

Total Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Mexican-American Other Obese Overweight Non-overweight
Total 34.0 (8.1, 78.9) 39.3 (12.7, 80.4)a,b,c 29.7 (0, 68.5)a 25.4 (2.2, 62.9)b 25.4 (0, 64.8)c 24.8 (3.9, 67.4)d 32.3 (8.1, 82.2) 37.1 (8.5, 76.3)d
Males 46.8 (16.6, 85.3) 51.1 (17.0, 89.3) 50.7 (12.3, 85.0) 33.7 (12.1, 76.3) 41.5 (11.7, 79.3) 37.6 (8.2, 80.1)d 50.6 (16.8, 102.0) 50.7 (16.9, 85.3)d
Females 25.1 (0, 53.3) 25.7 (6.9, 64.1)a,b,c 15.8 (0, 48.9)a 16.1 (0, 42.9)b 16.1 (0, 41.0)c 16.9 (0, 40.6) 20.8 (0, 50.7) 25.5 (0.9, 59.3)

Significant sex differences in log MVPA (P<0.05)

a

Significant differences in log MVPA between the non-Hispanic white group and all other race/ethnicity groups within the total sample and female sample (P<0.05)

b

Significant differences in log MVPA between the non-Hispanic white group and all other race/ethnicity groups within the total sample and female sample (P<0.05)

c

Significant differences in log MVPA between the non-Hispanic white group and all other race/ethnicity groups within the total sample and female sample (P<0.05)

d

Significant differences in log MVPA between the obese and non-overweight groups within the total sample and male sample (P<0.01)