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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2016 Feb 2;129(5):497–505.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.12.029

Table 2.

Characteristics of physical activity and symptoms according to tertiles of daily light physical activity minutes (n=1,059).

Characteristics Tertiles of daily light physical activity
Low
(≤243 minutes)
Medium
(244 – 305 minutes)
High
(>305 minutes)
Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines (%) 9.2 13.0 13.2
Tertiles of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (%)
Low
(≤5 minutes)
53.3 29.1 18.1
Medium
(6 – 19 minutes)
27.5 36.8 37.0
High
(>19 minutes)
19.2 34.1 45.0
Mean daily duration (mins/day (SD))
Light 196 (34.4) 273 (18.1) 366 (54.0)
Moderate-to-vigorous 11 (16.8) 17 (16.9) 21 (18.8)
Mean weekly duration (mins/day (SD))
Light 1,276 (297.9) 1,837 (213.3) 2,466 (424.5)
Moderate-to-vigorous 72 (112.5) 116 (114.8) 142 (127.5)
Proportion of daily duration of wear time (%)
Light 23.3 30.9 39.8
Moderate-to-vigorous 1.3 1.9 2.3
Mean WOMAC scores (SD)
Pain 3.6 (3.7) 2.9 (3.5) 3.2 (3.6)
Stiffness 2.0 (1.8) 1.7 (1.7) 1.8 (1.8)
Physical function 11.0 (12.1) 9.0 (11.6) 9.5 (11.3)