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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Mar;47(3):785–794. doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-3001-4

Table 2.

Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Level among TD Adolescents and Adolescents with ASD

Daily Weighted Average Weekdays Weekend days
TD
Mea
n
(n=5
5)
ASD
Mea
n
(n=2
9)
Mean
Difference
(95%CI)
p-
val
ue
TD
Mea
n
(n=5
5)
ASD
Mea
n
(n=2
9)
Mean
Difference
(95%CI)
p-
val
ue
TD
Mean
(n=5
5)
ASD
Mean
(n=29)
Mean
Difference
(95%CI)
p-
val
ue
Total Activity Counts
 Overalla 243, 368 174, 359 69,009 (17,880 to 120,138) 0.009 259, 690 187, 748 71,941 (17,674 to 126,209) 0.01 202,563 140,886 61,678 (2,935 to 120,420) 0.04
 <16 yearsb 248, 992 159, 266 89,727 (27,060 to 152,393) 0.006 262, 119 174, 751 87,368 (21,452 to 153,284) 0.01 216,176 120,553 95,623 (20,243 to 171,002) 0.01
 ≥16 yearsc 225, 940 197, 512 28,429 (−67,661 to 124,518) 0.55 248, 158 210, 651 37,507 (−67,009 to 142,023) 0.47 170,396 164,663 5,733 (−95,782 to 107,248) 0.91
Time in MVPA (min)
 Overalla 50.0 29.1 20.9 (8.6 to 33.1) 0.001 54.6 33.5 21.1 (7.8 to 34.4) 0.002 38.4 18.1 20.3 (6.6 to 33.9) 0.004
 <16 yearsb 51.1 25.6 25.5 (10.5 to 40.4) 0.001 55.2 31.0 24.2 (8.2 to 40.2) 0.004 40.9 12.2 28.7 (11.2 to 46.2) 0.002
 ≥16 yearsc 46.3 34.7 11.5 (−11.5 to 34.6) 0.31 51.8 38.5 13.3 (−12.7 to 39.2) 0.30 32.5 25.3 7.2 (−16.5 to 30.8) 0.54
*

Overall models adjusted for age and sex; age-stratified model adjusted for sex

a

n=55 TD, 29 ASD

b

n=39 TD, 16 ASD

c

n=16 TD, 13 ASD