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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Scand J Public Health. 2017 Oct 28;46(7):726–734. doi: 10.1177/1403494817738470

Table 3. Hours spent at different MET-levels for PAS2 and Acc+HR.

Sedentary time
(≤ 1.5 MET)
Light PA
(1.5-3.0 MET)
Moderate PA
(3.0-6.0 MET)
Vigorous PA
(> 6 MET)

Hours I.Q. range Hours I.Q. range Hours I.Q. range Hours I.Q. range
ALL (N=330)
    PAS2 15.0 12.5-17.0* 7.6 5.9-9.7* 0.9 0.5-1.6* 0.1 0.0-0.3*
    Acc+HR 17.2 15.4-18.7 5.9 4.7-7.5 0.7 0.4-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.1
Men (N=127)
    PAS2 14.5 12.0-17.0* 7.4 5.3-9.6* 1.0 0.5-1.8* 0.1 0.0-0.4*
    Acc+HR 16.8 14.6-18.5 6.3 4.8-8.1 0.7 0.4-1.1 0.1 0.0-0.2
Women (N=203)
    PAS2 15.0 12.5-17.0* 7.6 6.1-9.7* 0.9 0.5-1.4* 0.1 0.0-0.3*
    Acc+HR 17.5 15.9-18.8 5.8 4.7-7.1 0.6 0.3-0.9 0.0 0.0-0.1
Age Group
30-39 (N=86)
    PAS2 14.9 11.5-17.0* 7.8 6.5-10.9* 0.9 0.4-1.4 0.1 0.0-0.3*
    Acc+HR 15.1 14.3-17.2 7.4 5.8-8.5 0.8 0.6-1.3 0.1 0.0-0.2
40-49 (N=112)
    PAS2 15.0 12.5-16.8* 7.5 6.0-9.7* 0.8 0.4-1.5* 0.2 0.0-0.4*
    Acc+HR 17.6 16.1-18.9 5.8 4.6-7.1 0.6 0.3-0.9 0.1 0.0-0.1
50-60 (N=132)
    PAS2 15.0 13.0-17.0* 7.3 5.4-9.1* 0.9 0.6-1.7* 0.0 0.0-0.3*
    Acc+HR 18.0 16.5-19.0 5.3 4.4-6.7 0.6 0.4-0.9 0.0 0.0-0.1
BMI Group
BMI <25 (N=167)
    PAS2 15.0 12.5-17.0* 7.8 6.1-9.7* 0.9 0.5-1.4* 0.1 0.0-0.3*
    Acc+HR 17.2 15.6-18.7 5.9 4.7-7.2 0.7 0.4-1.0 0.1 0.0-0.2
BMI 25-30 (N=118)
    PAS2 15.0 12.5-17.0* 7.3 5.1-9.6* 0.9 0.5-1.8* 0.1 0.0-0.4*
    Acc+HR 17.0 15.3-18.6 6.1 4.7-7.5 0.6 0.3-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.1
BMI≥30 (N=45)
    PAS2 15.5 12.5-17.0* 7.1 6.5-9.5* 1.0 0.5-1.4 0.0 0.0-0.4*
    Acc+HR 17.5 14.6-18.6 5.8 4.8-8.3 0.7 0.4-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.1
Educational level
University Degree (N=45)
    PAS2 16.5 14.0-17.5 6.6 5.4-8.5 0.7 0.5-1.1 0.1 0.0-0.3
    Acc+HR 17.0 15.0-18.8 6.0 4.8-7.5 0.7 0.4-0.9 0.1 0.0-0.2
Other Education (N=285)
    PAS2 14.5 12.3-17.0* 7.7 6.0-9.8* 0.9 0.5-1.6* 0.1 0.0-0.4*
    Acc+HR 17.2 15.5-18.6 5.9 4.7-7.5 0.7 0.4-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.1
Employment status
Employed (N=313)
    PAS2 15.0 12.5-17.0* 7.6 5.9-9.6* 0.9 0.5-1.6* 0.1 0.0-0.4*
    Acc+HR 17.3 15.5-18.7 5.9 4.7-7.5 0.7 0.4-1.0 0.0 0.0-0.1
Unemployed (N=17)
    PAS2 13.0 11.0-17.5 10.1 6.0-11.7 0.4 0.0-0.7 0.0 0.0-0.1
    Acc+HR 16.5 14.4-18.1 6.6 4.9-8.6 0.8 0.4-1.1 0.0 0.0-0.0

This table is displayed with median hours and Inter quartile range.

*

indicates difference between medians using Wilcoxon’s test with 0.05 significance level