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. 2016 May 27;11(5):e0154420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154420

Table 1. Sample size, mean, correlation, agreement between device and reference methods and Bland-Altman outcomes for heart rate (bpm) and energy expenditure (kcal).

Apple Watch Fitbit Charge HR Samsung Gear S Mio ALPHA
Heart rate N 22 22 22 22
(bpm) Device mean ± SD 100.7 ±14.0 92.7 ± 11.5 93.4 ± 13.9 97.7 ± 14.6
ECG mean ± SD 102.0 ± 14.4 102.0 ± 14.5 100.5 ± 14.6 102.0 ± 13.4
r/Rho (95% CI) 0.95 (0.88 to 0.98) 0.81 (0.59 to 0.92) 0.67* (0.35 to 0.85) 0.87 (0.71 to 0.94)
ICC (95% CI) 0.98 (0.94 to 0.99) 0.78 (-0.02 to 0.93) 0.80 (0.40 to 0.93) 0.91 (0.72 to 0.97)
Mean difference ± SD -1.3 ± 4.4 -9.3 ± 8.5 -7.1 ± 10.3 -4.3 ± 7.2
Upper LoA 7.3 7.4 13.1 -0.44.avg + 52.69
Lower LoA -9.9 -26.0 -27.3 0.4.avg—61.2
Energy Expenditure N 22 22 19 22
(kcal) Device mean ± SD 162.6 ± 33.0 236.8 ± 77.0 261.4 ± 47.5 189.5 ± 95.3
Indirect calorimetry mean ± SD 285.7 ± 50.2 299.1 ± 46.0 287.5 ± 45.1 290.3 ± 46.3
r/Rho (95% CI) 0.16 (-0.28 to 0.54) 0.64 (0.30 to 0.84) 0.86 (0.67 to 0.95) 0.46* (0.05 to 0.74)
ICC (95% CI) 0.05 (-0.05 to 0.17) 0.56 (-0.18 to 0.83) 0.86 (0.15 to 0.96) 0.32 (-0.24 to 0.68)
Mean difference ± SD -123.1 ± 55.6 0.61.avg–224.6 ± 59.1 -26.1 ± 24.2 0.91.avg -318.77 ± 84.8
Upper LoA -14.1 1.3.avg–334.28 21.3 0.91.avg -318.77 + 166.2
Lower LoA -232.1 -0.11.avg–114.92 -73.5 0.91.avg -318.77–166.2

Notes: ICC = intraclass correlation coefficient, CI = confidence interval, kcal = kilocalories, ECG = electrocardiography, bpm = beats per minute, SD = standard deviation, avg = average. Correlations r/Rho are Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) except where indicated by * where they are Spearman rank correlation coefficients (Rho) due to non-normally distributed data.

Where Bland-Altman parameters were systematically biased (mean difference/limits of agreement), values are presented as linear equations rather than point estimates.

Missing values (n = 3) due to a data recording error.