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Published in final edited form as: Physiol Meas. 2015 Oct 9;36(11):2335–2351. doi: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/11/2335

Table 2.

(A) Age specific and generalizability ngram-MET bias and their 95% confidence intervals for all accelerometer sites by age. (B) Age specific and generalizability ngram-MET percent bias for all accelerometer sites by age. (C) Age specific and generalizability ngram-MET rMSE for all accelerometer sites by age.

(A)

Age Specifica bias Generalizabilityb bias


Accelerometer site 18–39 years (n = 33) 40–64 years (n = 33) ≥65 years (n = 33) All (n = 33) 40–64 years (n = 33) ≥ 65 years (n = 33)

Ankle 0.010 (−0.078, 0.098) −0.023 (−0.11, 0.069) −0.021 (−0.13, 0.084) −0.016 (−0.13, 0.095) −0.088 (−0.18, 0.002) −0.057 (−0.18, 0.062)
Hip 0.005 (−0.083, 0.094) −0.002 (−0.087, 0.084) −0.022 (−0.13, 0.087) 0.013 (−0.099, 0.13) −0.065 (−0.16, 0.028) −0.058 (−0.18, 0.062)
Wrist 0.002 (−0.087, 0.09) −0.010 (−0.1, 0.084) −0.014 (−0.12, 0.095) −0.001 (−0.11, 0.11) −0.009 (−0.099, 0.082) −0.077 (−0.19, 0.041)
Hip + Wrist 0.004 (−0.084, 0.092) −0.008 (−0.097, 0.081) −0.022 (−0.13, 0.09) −0.001 (−0.11, 0.11) −0.130c,d (−0.22,−0.033) −0.079 (−0.2, 0.04)
Ankle + Wrist 0.009 (−0.079, 0.097) −0.009 (−0.1, 0.084) −0.030 (−0.14, 0.077) −0.015 (−0.13, 0.096) −0.120 (−0.2,−0.028) −0.055 (−0.17, 0.063)
Ankle + Hip 0.012 (−0.077, 0.1) 0.011 (−0.077, 0.099) −0.033 (−0.14, 0.074) −0.008 (−0.12, 0.1) −0.160c,d (−0.25,−0.064) −0.079 (−0.2, 0.041)
Ankle + Hip + Wrist 0.014 (−0.074, 0.1) 0.004 (−0.086, 0.094) −0.034 (−0.14, 0.075) −0.011 (−0.12, 0.1) −0.190c,d (−0.28,−0.095) −0.066 (−0.18, 0.053)

(B)

Age Specifica percent bias Generalizabilityb percent bias


Accelerometer site 18–39 years (n = 33) 40–64 years (n = 33) ≥65 years (n = 33) All (n = 99) 40–64 years (n = 33) ≥65 years (n = 33)

Ankle 0.239 −0.529 −0.477 −0.375 −1.930 −1.290
Hip 0.123 −0.036 −0.506 0.297 −1.420 −1.320
Wrist 0.037 −0.220 −0.313 −0.012 −0.191 −1.740
Hip + Wrist 0.093 −0.187 −0.489 −0.027 −2.830d −1.790
Ankle + Wrist 0.203 −0.195 −0.688 −0.333 −2.550d −1.240
Ankle + Hip 0.272 0.250 −0.760 −0.183 −3.440d −1.800
Ankle + Hip + Wrist 0.327 0.096 −0.777 −0.256 −4.120d −1.500

(C)

Age Specifica rMSE Generalizabilityb rMSE


Accelerometer site 18–39 years (n = 33) 40–64 years (n = 33) ≥65 years (n = 33) All (n = 33) 40–64 years (n = 33) ≥ 65 years (n = 33)

Ankle 0.85 0.87 0.98 1.05d 0.87 1.11d
Hip 0.86 0.81 1.02e 1.06d,e 0.89 1.12d
Wrist 0.86 0.89 1.02 1.03 0.87 1.10d
Hip + Wrist 0.85 0.84 1.04e 1.05d,e 0.93 1.11d
Ankle + Wrist 0.85 0.87 1.00 1.05d 0.85 1.10d
Ankle + Hip 0.86 0.83 1.00 1.07d,e 0.90 1.13d
Ankle + Hip + Wrist 0.86 0.85 1.02 1.06d,e 0.91 1.11d
a

Age Specific—model estimates developed and tested within age group classification.

b

Generalizability—model developed on the young age group (18–39 years) and tested on the other age group classifications (40–64, ≥65 years).

c

Significantly different from zero (p < 0.05).

d

Significantly different than 18–39 years (p < 0.05).

e

Significantly different than 40–64 years (p < 0.05).