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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Obes Weight Loss Ther. 2012 Aug 29;2(7):146. doi: 10.4172/2165-7904.1000146

Table 2:

Cosmed EE measures and Sensewear (SW) EE estimates in Routine 1.

Activities Cosmed METs
Mean (SD)
SWMETS
Mean (SD)
Cosmed –SW METs Mean (SD) 95% Cl Mean Diff.
Watching TV 0.8 (0.2) 0.9 (0.1) −0.1 (0.2) −0.2 to 0
Reading a book 0.8 (0.3) 1.0 (0.3) −0.1 (0.3) −0.3 to 0
Doing laundry 2.7 (0.8) 2.6 (0.6) 0.1 (0.7) −0.2 to 0.4
Ironing 1.9 (0.4) 3.2 (1.0) −1.3* (0.9) −1.0 to −1.7
Light cleaning 2.8 (0.6) 3.2 (0.7) −0.4** (0.6) −0.7 to −0.2
Aerobics 6.0 (1.3) 5.6 (1.1) 0.4 (1.3) −0.1 to 1.0
Rest 0.8 (0.3) 1.0 (0.2) −0.1 (0.4) −0.3 to 0
*

denotes significant difference from zero, p<0.001

**

denotes significant difference from zero, p<0.01