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. 2019 Jun 4;16(11):1991. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16111991

Table 2.

Bout length-specific moderate to vigorous physical activity patterns.

Bout Length (min) Number of MVPA Bouts (Times/Day) Percentage of MVPA Bouts (%) MVPA Time (Min/Day) Percentage of MVPA Time (%)
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
n = 184 n = 133 n = 51 n = 184 n = 133 n = 51 n = 184 n = 133 n = 51 n = 184 n = 133 n = 51
Nonstandard Method 1
(without allowance for any interruptions)
1–4 26.2 (9.6) 25.3 (9.5) 28.6 (9.8) 95.3 (4.0) 94.9 (4.3) 96.4 (2.6) 37.0 (14.7) 35.9 (14.7) 40.0 (14.6) 80.0 (15.7) 78.1 (17.2) 84.8 (9.6)
5–9 1.0 (0.8) 1.0 (0.9) 1.0 (0.7) 3.7 (3.3) 3.9 (3.5) 3.3 (2.5) 6.1 (5.4) 6.2 (5.8) 5.8 (4.2) 12.2 (9.7) 12.3 (10.1) 12.1 (8.7)
≥10 0.3 (0.5) 0.3 (0.5) 0.1 (0.1) 1.0 (1.8) 1.2 (2.0) 0.3 (0.5) 5.0 (10.1) 6.3 (11.5) 1.5 (2.3) 7.8 (13.1) 9.6 (14.7) 3.2 (5.2)
10–19 0.2 (0.4) 0.2 (0.4) 0.1 (0.1) 0.7 (1.5) 0.8 (1.7) 0.3 (0.5) 2.4 (4.8) 2.9 (5.5) 0.9 (1.5) 4.1 (7.8) 5.0 (8.9) 2.0 (3.4)
20–29 0.0 (0.1) 0.0 (0.1) 0.0 (0.0) 0.1 (0.4) 0.1 (0.5) 0.0 (0.1) 0.8 (2.8) 1.0 (3.2) 0.2 (0.8) 1.1 (3.7) 1.4 (4.2) 0.4 (1.8)
≥30 0.0 (0.2) 0.1 (0.2) 0.0 (0.0) 0.2 (0.6) 0.2 (0.7) 0.0 (0.1) 1.8 (7.3) 2.4 (8.5) 0.3 (1.7) 2.5 (9.0) 3.2 (10.2) 0.8 (4.0)
Total 27.5 (10.0) 26.6 (9.9) 29.6 (10.1) 100 100 100 48.1 (21.4) 48.4 (22.9) 47.4 (17.0) 100 100 100
Standard Method 2
(with allowance for interruptions of up to 2 min below threshold)
≥10 0.5 (0.6) 0.5 (0.7) 0.3 (0.3) 1.6 (2.1) 1.9 (2.4) 0.9 (0.8) 8.3 (12.8) 10.0 (14.5) 3.7 (4.1) 13.4 (16.1) 15.6 (17.8) 7.5 (8.1)
10–19 0.4 (0.5) 0.4 (0.6) 0.2 (0.3) 1.3 (1.7) 1.4 (1.9) 0.8 (0.8) 4.8 (7.0) 5.6 (7.8) 2.8 (3.4) 8.4 (10.3) 9.4 (11.3) 5.6 (6.4)
20–29 0.0 (0.1) 0.1 (0.2) 0.0 (0.1) 0.2 (0.5) 0.2 (0.6) 0.1 (0.2) 1.1 (3.4) 1.3 (3.8) 0.4 (1.3) 1.7 (4.6) 2.0 (5.0) 0.9 (3.4)
≥30 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.2) 0.0 (0.0) 0.2 (0.7 0.3 (0.8) 0.0 (0.2) 2.4 (8.3) 3.1 (9.6) 0.5 (2.0) 3.3 (10.4) 4.2 (11.8) 1.0 (4.6)

Values are shown as mean (standard deviation); MVPA: Moderate to vigorous physical activity. 1 Long-bout MVPA is defined as ≥10 consecutive min with intensity of 3 METs or higher, without allowance for any interruptions. 2 Long-bout MVPA is defined as ≥10 consecutive min with intensity of 3 METs or higher, with allowance for interruptions of ≥2 min below threshold.