Table 4. Comparison of accelerometer-determined activities between the sufficiently and insufficiently active (according to SBPAAT) by age groups.
| SBPAAT | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sufficiently active | Insufficiently active | P-value | |||||||||
| Mean | SD | P25 | P50 | P75 | Mean | SD | P25 | P50 | P75 | ||
| <40 years old | |||||||||||
| Counts/minute | 271.3000 | 123.6 | 189.76 | 268.55 | 309.37 | 207.8700 | 73.33 | 153.78 | 208.41 | 240.7 | <0.001 |
| Minutes being sedentary / day | 1058.55 | 108.48 | 1004.03 | 1064.96 | 1119.4 | 1089.21 | 98.49 | 1043.89 | 1092.5 | 1157.9 | 0.037 |
| Minutes of light activity / day | 329.14 | 92.24 | 266.71 | 326.31 | 394.5 | 313.29 | 94.16 | 241.53 | 307.08 | 366.51 | 0.172 |
| Minutes of moderate activity / day | 50.18 | 31.8 | 25.04 | 46.21 | 64.71 | 37.98 | 19.51 | 23.57 | 34.78 | 48.5 | 0.011 |
| Minutes of heavy-very heavy activity / day | 3.9 | 6.19 | 0 | 0.57 | 4.64 | 0.68 | 2.04 | 0 | 0 | 0.42 | <0.001 |
| Total Kcal spend / day | 2298.8 | 1.80E+03 | 915.99 | 2080.9 | 3098.1 | 1390.02 | 1.14E+03 | 674.55 | 979.58 | 1807.12 | <0.001 |
| METsWeekDose (METS/hour/week) | 36.93 | 40.68 | 11 | 24.5 | 45.91 | 10.48 | 21.1 | 0 | 0.66 | 12 | <0.001 |
| METsWeekDose Leisure time (METS/hour/week) | 32.2 | 34.22 | 10.5 | 20 | 40.75 | 6.51 | 13.79 | 0 | 0 | 8.25 | <0.001 |
| 40–64 years old | |||||||||||
| Counts/minute | 1303.70 | 115.43 | 229.83 | 296.62 | 367.09 | 249.07 | 90.27 | 183.35 | 239.92 | 306.97 | <0.001 |
| Minutes being sedentary / day | 1033.51 | 85.01 | 979.86 | 1037.97 | 1085.39 | 1049.82 | 89.68 | 994.05 | 1055.35 | 1112.21 | 0.017 |
| Minutes of light activity / day | 343.65 | 77.76 | 295.66 | 344.68 | 384.50 | 342.19 | 83.39 | 288.22 | 338.88 | 395.93 | 0.631 |
| Minutes of moderate activity / day | 59.86 | 28.70 | 39.09 | 57.29 | 75.21 | 48.67 | 26.48 | 27.82 | 44.21 | 63.00 | <0.001 |
| Minutes of heavy-very heavy activity / day | 4.91 | 11.92 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 2.79 | 1.09 | 3.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.29 | <0.001 |
| Total Kcal spend / day | 2725.76 | 1854.99 | 1353.59 | 2365.86 | 3577.78 | 1927.89 | 1353.17 | 976.13 | 1670.08 | 2494.08 | <0.001 |
| METsWeekDose (METS/hour/week) | 35.49 | 62.48 | 9.00 | 20.00 | 41.03 | 9.46 | 20.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.67 | <0.001 |
| METsWeekDose Leisure time (METS/hour/week) | 22.65 | 22.49 | 5.92 | 17.00 | 32.83 | 7.99 | 16.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | <0.001 |
| ≥65 years old | |||||||||||
| Counts/Minute | 256.08 | 117.62 | 167.46 | 234.29 | 328.04 | 307.21 | 84.83 | 151.15 | 202.21 | 260.52 | 0.002 |
| Minutes being sedentary / day | 1074.06 | 78.79 | 1019.27 | 1078.29 | 1127.68 | 1092.12 | 84.97 | 1043.86 | 1090.14 | 1156.29 | 0.037 |
| Minutes of light activity / day | 307.62 | 68.29 | 259.32 | 311.78 | 353.15 | 301.56 | 80.82 | 250.29 | 297.05 | 348.57 | 0.256 |
| Minutes of moderate activity / day | 58.94 | 43.28 | 25.10 | 52.00 | 85.85 | 47.35 | 28.22 | 26.43 | 45.41 | 63.09 | 0.04 |
| Minutes of heavy-very heavy activity / day | 1.05 | 4.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 3.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.106 |
| Total Kcal spend / day | 2428.62 | 2021.11 | 846.45 | 1973.16 | 3563.64 | 1814.71 | 1303.70 | 821.00 | 1519.33 | 2497.01 | 0.023 |
| METsWeekDose (METS/hour/week) | 37.21 | 43.04 | 6.92 | 25.83 | 56.00 | 8.76 | 23.36 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 8.33 | <0.001 |
| METsWeekDose Leisure time (METS/hour/week) | 32.06 | 36.43 | 6.00 | 24.00 | 40.42 | 6.50 | 12.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | <0.001 |
SBPAAT: Spanish version of the Brief Physical Activity Assessment Tool; SD: Standard Deviation P: percentile;P-value derived from Mann-Whitney Test.
The accelerometer did not record all physical activities such as aquatic or muscular activities.