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. 2019 Jan 21;19:95. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6341-5

Table 4.

Behavioural differences in physical activity and sedentary behaviour and interactions with ethnicity

Actigraph activPAL
LPA MVPA Steps Sitting Time Standing Time Stepping Time
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
 Low 304 (293; 315) 26 (22; 30) 6634 (6184; 7083) 549 (531; 567) 294 (279; 309) 105 (99–112)
 Medium 300 (294; 307) 31 (28–33) 7083 (6817–7349) 548 (537; 559) 292 (283; 301) 107 (103; 111)
 High 307 (301; 314) 34 (31–36) 7455 (7186–7725) 537 (526; 547) 296 (287; 305) 116 (112; 120)
p-valuea 0.332 0.003 0.008 0.292 0.825 0.002
p-valueb 0.401 0.795 0.918 0.326 0.350 0.392
Alcohol Consumption
 Low 301 (295; 307) 29 (27; 31) 6923 (6682; 7163) 547 (537; 556) 294 (286–302) 108 (105; 112)
 Medium 307 (298; 317) 31 (27; 34) 7264 (6881; 7647) 536 (521; 552) 298 (385; 311) 114 (108; 120)
 High 307 (299; 316) 35 (32; 38) 7641 (7280; 8002) 541 (526; 556) 292 (279; 304) 114 (109; 120)
p-valuea 0.381 0.015 0.007 0.513 0.798 0.123
p-valueb 0.765 0.945 0.850 0.006 0.002 0.815
Smoking Status
 Never Smoked 303 (297; 309) 33 (31–35) 7365 (7116; 7615) 537 (527–547) 296 (288; 304) 115 (111–118)
 Current/ex-smoker 305 (298–311) 29 (27–31) 6967 (6711; 7222) 550 (540–561) 291 (283; 300) 107 (103–110)
p-valuea 0.767 0.001 0.035 0.087 0.435 0.005
p-valueb 0.444 0.060 0.050 0.037 0.002 0.290

Data as marginal mean (95% confidence interval)

Model 2: aAdjusted for wear time (Actigraph), wake time (activPAL), number of valid wear days (both devices), season of data collection, Ethnicity, Age, Sex, Occupation type and Education (unless grouped by variable)

bEthnicity interaction, adjusted for wear time (Actigraph), wake time (activPAL), number of valid wear days (both devices), season of data collection, Age, Sex, Occupation type and Education (unless grouped by variable)

LPA Light intensity Physical Activity, MVPA Moderate to Vigorous intensity Physical Activity

Bold values highlight statistical significance of ≤0.05