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. 2015 Aug 20;10(8):e0135630. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135630

Table 2. Team and Individual Sport Episodes (N = 1373 episodes, 626 participants).

213 participants had only team sport; 332 had only individual sport; 81 had both.

Team (N = 559 episodes) Individual (N = 814 episodes) Differs between team and individual sport episodes? (p)
Boys Girls P for sex difference Boys Girls P for sex difference Boys Girls
Number of episodes 331 228 239 575
Percent time in MVPA 1 , 2 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.37
Mean (SD) 47.8 (22) 33.2 (19) 21.2 (27) 31.3 (29)
5th, 95th percentile 6.2, 80 3.3, 67 0, 83 0, 91
Percent time in MVPA when >0 1 , 2 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.34
Mean (SD) 48.3 (21) 33.7 (19) 27.5 (27) 36.6 (28)
5th, 95th percentile 6.7, 80 3.4, 67 1.7, 88 2.2, 93
Episode had no MVPA N, (%) 3 3 (0.91) 3 (1.32) 0.65 55 (23.0) 82 (14.3) 0.0024 <0.0001 <0.0001
Episode length, minutes 1 0.19 0.26 0.25 0.0071
Mean (SD) 107 (54) 101 (42) 96.4 (105) 85.8 (79)
5th, 95th percentile 55, 195 60, 180 15, 375 20, 225
% of sporting time:
Sedentary 1 , 2 , 4 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.11
Mean (SD) 12.3 (14) 17.8 (15) 28.1 (22) 20.3 (20)
5th, 95th percentile 0, 40 1.7, 49 0, 73 0, 60
Lifestyle 1 , 2 , 4 <0.0001 0.44 <0.0001 0.95
Mean (SD) 39.9 (19) 49.0 (18) 50.7 (24) 48.4 (23)
5th, 95th percentile 13, 77 20, 79 6.7, 87 5.7, 85
Moderate 1 , 2 , 4 <0.0001 0.024 <0.0001 <0.0001
Mean (SD) 27.0 (13) 21.6 (13) 7.79 (9.2) 10.1 (12)
5th, 95th percentile 4.5, 59 2.2, 44 0, 27 0, 33
Vigorous 1 , 2 , 4 <0.0001 0.0038 0.0026 <0.0001
Mean (SD) 20.8 (18) 11.6 (14) 13.4 (25) 21.2 (27)
5th, 95th percentile 0, 51 0, 39 0, 80 0, 88
Total counts /minute, thousands <0.0001 0.018 0.0023 0.0002
Mean (SD) 24.8 (10) 18.3 (8.4) 17.8 (23) 23.5 (21)
5th, 95th percentile 8.6, 42 5.5, 34 1.5, 81 2.2, 70

P-values from generalized linear model, with child as repeated measure.

1) Negative-binomial distributed

2) Log total weartime as offset

3) Binary distributed

4) Activity levels as described in [24]. Team sport defined as any requiring interaction with other participants, in line with[21]