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. 2016 Aug 3;16:710. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3347-8

Table 2.

Objectively measured physical activity in participants with and without lower limb osteoarthritisa-c

All participants (n = 247) Participants with LLOA (n = 41) Participants without LLOA (n = 206) p-value d
Accelerometry
 Number of valid days (mean (SD)) 6.5 (1.3) 6.8 (1.2) 6.5 (1.3) 0.18
 Wear time in minutes/day (mean (SD)) 852.7 (65.8) 853.8 (50.8) 852.4 (68.5) 0.91
Physical activity
 Total PA in minutes/day (mean (SD)) 274.5 (81.4) 268.3 (83.3) 275.8 (81.2) 0.59
  Light PA in minutes/day (mean (SD)) 258.6 (74.5) 259.0 (77.6) 258.5 (74.1) 0.97
   Low-light PA in minutes/day (mean (SD)) 208.4 (51.9) 212.8 (53.9) 207.6 (51.6) 0.56
   High-light PA in minutes/day (mean (SD)) 50.1 (33.3) 46.3 (34.6) 50.9 (33.1) 0.41
 Moderate to vigorous PA in minutes/day (median (IQR)) 8.6 (3.0–22.1) 4.7 (1.4–12.7) 9.9 (3.3–23.5) 0.09

a Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, LLOA: Lower limb osteoarthritis, n Number, PA Physical activity

b Participants with at least 4 valid days (≥10 h of wear time per day) of accelerometry data were included in the data analyses

c Light PA: 100–2019 counts/minute; Low-light PA: 100–759 counts/minute; High-light PA: 760–2019 counts/minute; Moderate to vigorous PA: ≥2020 counts/minute

d p-value of observed differences between groups with and without LLOA