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. 2018 May 3;18:103. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0793-4

Table 6.

Factors associated with fitness tracker steps and GENEactiv moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sleep 14-day free-living data

Correlation between Fitness Tracker Steps & GENEactiv Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity Correlation between fitness tracker and GENEactiv Sleep
Mean Correlation (SD) p-value Mean Correlation (SD) p-value
Categorical Variables
Fitness tracker Flex 0.68 (0.27) 0.674 0.47 (0.27) 0.220
ChargeHR 0.72 (0.29) 0.30 (0.35)
Arm worn Dominant 0.66 (0.32) 0.434 0.38 (0.35) 0.817
Non-Dominant 0.75 (0.22) 0.35 (0.31)
Gender Male 0.73 (0.19) 0.683 0.23 (0.33) 0.133
Female 0.68 (0.33) 0.44 (0.31)
Age group 65–69 0.86 (0.12) 0.313 0.35 (0.36) 0.705
70–79 0.66 (0.32) 0.41 (0.32)
80–89 0.66 (0.24) 0.25 (0.36)
Living status Alone 0.62 (0.35) 0.332 0.44 (0.18) 0.446
With Spouse 0.74 (0.25) 0.33 (0.39)
Health Issues No 0.76 (0.18) 0.540 0.31 (0.37) 0.634
Yes 0.68 (0.30) 0.39 (0.32)
Prescribed Medications No 0.75 (0.20) 0.703 0.41 (0.40) 0.728
Yes 0.69 (0.30) 0.35 (0.32)
Fall in past year No 0.75 (0.20) 0.040* 0.38 (0.35) 0.716
Yes 0.49 (0.45) 0.32 (0.19)
Problems staying No 0.70 (0.23) 0.937 0.48 (0.33) 0.081
asleep Yes 0.70 (0.35) 0.24 (0..29)
Continuous Variables
Correlation p-value Correlation p-value
Age −0.32 0.086 −0.004 0.984
Body Mass Index 0.15 0.279 −0.05 0.823
Distance walked in 2MWT(1) 0.12 0.520 −0.15 0.482
Distance walked in 2MWT(2) 0.17 0.368 −0.18 0.400
PASE (baseline) 0.29 0.148 −0.167 0.459
Post_PASE .030 0.876 0.077 0.721

Note. 2MWT: two minute walk test, PASE: Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly. All 30 fitness tracker device data were utilised in the step data however only 10 Flex and 14 ChargeHR devices were utilised in the sleep analysis data. p-values for categorical variables from ANOVA or t-test comparing correlations between groups. *statistically significant at p-value <0.05