Table 3.
Physical activity in the different seasons
| Winter N=50 (NO=12; DK=8; AU=30) |
Spring N=40 (NO=11; DK=8; AU=21) |
Summer N=22 (NO=0; DK=4; AU=18) |
Autumn N=56 (NO=15; DK=16; AU=25) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy expenditure, kJ/day |
9075 (7,796–10,297) |
8571 (7,748–11,783) |
8491 (7,642–11,164) |
8442 (7,261–10,314) |
0.181 |
| Steps, number/day |
2373 (1,145–4,206) |
2698 (1,613–5,207) |
3502 (1,253–5,407) |
1603 (738–4,04) |
0.101 |
| Awake sedentary time, minutes/day | 721 (608–868) |
755 (635–901) |
700 (617–801) |
735 (620–824) |
0.796 |
| Sleep time, minutes/day |
410 (316–463) |
362 (316–451) |
365 (317–481) |
401 (314–463) |
0.982 |
| Total LIPA, minutes/daya |
160 (102–237) |
197 (150–255) |
159 (99–251) |
177 (106–230) |
0.487 |
| Total MVPA, minutes/day |
39 (15–88) |
38 (20–100) |
62 (11–108) |
27 (8–90) |
0.326 |
| Time in MVPA bouts, minutes/day |
9 (0–23) |
7 (0–34) |
7 (2–25) |
5 (0–25) |
n.a. |
Notes: aLIPA for the Australian sample was available for the 33 participants in the iTrain study only. Data are presented as median (IQR).
Abbreviations: LIPA, light-intensity physical activity; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; n.a., nonapplicable; NO, Norway; DK, Denmark; AU, Australia.