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. 2015 Aug 19;15:791. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2093-7

Table 4.

Comparison of physical activity and sedentary behavior between day-segments on Wednesdays

Afternoon Early evening Late evening Model ES-r
(12:00–15:00) (15:00–18:00) (18:00–21:00) P-value
Mean (SD) % Mean (SD) % Mean (SD) %
PAL (METSWM) 2.47 (0.71)a 2.69 (1.0)b 2.57 (1.17)a,b 0.04 0.12
Steps (n) 2439 (1504)a 2892 (2217) 2430 (2480)a 0.02 0.14
Time spent at different intensity levels
Sedentary (min) 81 (36)a,b 45 75 (41)a 42 87 (44)b 48 0.01 0.16
Light (min) 84 (31)a 47 86 (34)a 48 70 (34) 39 <0.001 0.30
Moderate (min) 9 (9)a 5 11 (14)a 6 10 (14)a 5 0.10 0.10
Vigorous (min) 4 (7) 2 6 (11)a 3 8 (16)a 4 0.002 0.17
Sleep (min) 2 (15)a 1 2 (14)a 1 6 (18) 4 <0.001 0.22
Time spent at behavioral domains
School (min) 7 (14) 4 0 (0)a 0 0 (0)a 0 <0.001 0.43
Sport (min) 7 (21) 4 26 (42)a 15 26 (41)a 15 <0.001 0.29
Active leisure (min) 11 (24)a 6 20 (33) 11 7 (19)a 4 <0.001 0.31
Active travel (min) 12 (18) 7 5 (12) 3 3 (7) 1 <0.001 0.36
Homework (min) 19 (26)a 11 18 (31)a 10 8 (19) 5 <0.001 0.24
Screentime (min) 24 (38)a 13 24 (36)a 14 48 (48) 27 <0.001 0.34
Inactive leisure (min) 22 (33)a 12 29 (41)a 16 23 (38)a 13 0.09 0.11
Motor travel (min) 15 (21)a 8 11 (21)a 6 6 (13) 4 <0.001 0.25
CADL (min) 31 (24) 17 16 (22) 9 38 (28) 21 <0.001 0.42
Other (min) 31 (32)a 17 30 (31)a 17 15 (21) 8 <0.001 0.40

Results are presented as means and standard deviations (SD).

a,bNo significant difference between day-segments with equal superscript letters. All other combinations show a significant difference, P < 0.05