Table 3.

Comparison of accelerometer-derived SB across different age groups

Matthews et al. (2008)
	Age groups
	16–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70–85
Male	7.9	7.3	7.2	7.6	7.9	8.8	9.5
Female	8.1	7.7	7.3	7.5	7.8	8.1	9.1

Martin et al. (2014)
	Age groups
	20–39	40–59	60–69	≥70
Male	7.9	8.5	9.4	10.3
Female	7.9	8.3	8.7	9.8

Values represent mean hours/day adjusted for monitor-wearing time

SB sedentary behaviour