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. 2019 Sep 19;16(18):3498. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183498

Table 9.

Physical activity rates in the diabetes and the control groups depending on sex and age.

Physical Activity Rates/Data from 7-Day Study Diabetes Group (n = 215)
Girls 6–12 Years (n = 48) Boys 6–12 Years (n = 45) Girls 13–18 Years (n = 71) Boys 13–18 Years (n = 51) p Value
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD p Sex p Age p Sex × Age
SEDENTARY [min] 3673.5 ±1204.8 3398.7 ±1086.1 3819.3 ±1108.6 3726.0 ±1195.7 0.308 <0.001 *** 0.404
LIGHT (LPA) [min] 1163.0 ±306.5 1167.6 ±385.1 914.0 ±355.0 1015.8 ±396.8 0.248 <0.001 *** 0.433
MODERATE [min] 260.1 ±181.5 276.6 ±169.9 235.9 ±144.5 257.4 ±146.2 0.369 0.296 0.976
VIGOROUS [min] 219.8 ±296.9 236.7 ±291.0 214.6 ±225.3 263.8 ±239.8 0.365 0.883 0.670
% SEDENTARY 68.4 ±13.3 66.9 ±12.8 73.4 ±11.5 70.5 ±11.2 0.172 0.012 ** 0.716
% LIGHT (LPA) 22.3 ±5.8 23.1 ±5.8 17.6 ±5.6 19.5 ±6.5 0.083 <0.001 *** 0.529
% MODERATE (MPA) 5.0 ±3.4 5.4 ±3.1 4.6 ±2.8 4.9 ±2.4 0.373 0.305 0.809
% VIGORIOUS (VPA) 4.2 ±5.6 4.6 ±5.6 4.3 ±4.6 5.0 ±4.2 0.460 0.827 0.781
TOTAL MVPA 479.9 ±473.7 513.2 ±451.9 450.5 ±355.2 521.3 ±372.4 0.354 0.753 0.795
% MVPA 9.2 ±8.9 10.0 ±8.5 8.9 ±7.1 9.9 ±6.3 0.414 0.800 0.930
Mean MVPA/ day 71.6 ±65.6 80.0 ±69.7 72.5 ±58.2 82.1 ±55.3 0.293 0.956 0.967
Physical Activity Rates/Data from 7-Day Study Control Group (n = 115)
Girls 6–12 Years (n = 25) Boys 6–12 Years (n = 36) Girls 13–18 Years (n = 25) Boys 13–18 Years (n = 29) p Value
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD p Sex p Age p Sex × Age
SEDENTARY [min] 3352.8 ±740.7 3267.1 ±688.3 3844.8 ±832.3 3963.3 ±1090.5 0.805 <0.001 *** 0.548
LIGHT (LPA) [min] 1203.4 ±273.5 1182.6 ±276.4 875.0 ±285.0 926.1 ±288.2 0.861 <0.001 *** 0.572
MODERATE [min] 297.1 ±62.7 291.8 ±78.1 229.2 ±89.1 248.1 ±86.5 0.699 <0.001 *** 0.254
VIGOROUS [min] 225.6 ±83.0 216.8 ±105.6 198.8 ±112.1 194.5 ±107.7 0.782 0.295 0.321
% SEDENTARY 65.7 ±6.1 65.5 ±7.5 74.5 ±7.5 74.0 ±6.5 0.901 <0.001 *** 0.740
% LIGHT (LPA) 23.9 ±4.9 24.0 ±4.9 17.2 ±5.4 17.5 ±4.7 0.957 <0.001 *** 0.925
% MODERATE (MPA) 5.9 ±1.1 6.0 ±1.9 4.5 ±1.7 4.8 ±1.8 0.598 <0.001 *** 0.589
% VIGORIOUS (VPA) 4.5 ±1.7 4.5 ±2.4 3.8 ±2.1 3.7 ±1.7 0.884 0.042 * 0.403
TOTAL MVPA 522.6 ±120.6 508.6 ±167.8 428.0 ±171.3 442.6 ±153.2 0.992 0.003 ** 0.217
% MVPA 10.4 ±2.3 10.5 ±3.9 8.3 ±3.2 8.4 ±2.7 0.857 <0.001 *** 0.409
Mean MVPA/ day 83.5 ±17.6 81.9 ±30.0 66.6 ±25.7 71.9 ±22.7 0.696 0.001 ** 0.094

n—Number of participants; SD—standard deviation; p value—probability level; *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05; bold values—statistically significant.