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. 2017 May 8;3(1):e000206. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000206

Table 4.

Spearman correlations (r) for time spent in different physical activity intensities and domains as recorded by GPAQ and Actigraph accelerometers

GPAQ Accelerometer Total Sex Age category Language region
Male Female 18–39
years
40–59
years
≥60 years German French Italian
Total (MET-min/week) Total (counts/min) 0.22*** 0.13 0.31*** 0.36*** 0.23** 0.03 0.25** 0.22* 0.16
Total (MET-min/week) Total (steps) 0.25*** 0.20** 0.31*** 0.38*** 0.28*** 0.02 0.26** 0.29** 0.20*
Total (min/week in mvpa) Total (min/week in mvpa) 0.11* 0.04 0.17* 0.28*** 0.06 −0.0008 0.16 0.13 0.02
Vigorous (min/week) Vigorous (min/week) 0.46*** 0.35*** 0.55*** 0.40*** 0.52*** 0.21 0.34*** 0.41*** 0.42***
Moderate (min/week) Moderate (min/week) 0.16** 0.16* 0.17* 0.25** 0.11 0.08 0.18* 0.17 0.11
Moderate (min/week) Light (min/week) 0.30*** 0.33*** 0.24** 0.26** 0.31*** 0.13 0.31*** 0.22* 0.31***
Sitting (hours/week) Sitting (hours/week) 0.47*** 0.44*** 0.49*** 0.61*** 0.38*** 0.37*** 0.57*** 0.29** 0.48***
Physical activity at work (MET-min/week) mvpa (min/week) −0.13* −0.13 −0.12 −0.01 −0.19* −0.17 −0.08 −0.17 −0.16
Transport activities (MET-min/week) mvpa (min/week) 0.15** 0.15* 0.15* 0.17 0.20* 0.02 0.12 0.19 0.15
Leisure-time physical activity (MET-min/week) mvpa (min/week) 0.28*** 0.24** 0.32*** 0.37*** 0.22** 0.26* 0.24** 0.35*** 0.22**

*p≤0.05, **p≤0.01, ***p≤0.001.

GPAQ, Global Physical Activity Questionnaire; MET, metabolic equivalent; mvpa, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.