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. 2020 Oct 30;8:527442. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.527442

Table 1.

School physical activity on days with and without a physical education lesson.

Characteristics of school physical activity (measuring instrument) n School time F p ηp2
Boys Girls
with PEL without PEL with PEL without PEL
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Steps (pedometer) 2,103 5,538 2,950 4,496 2,930 154.93a,b <0.001 0.181
(2,507) (1,853) (1,850) (1,846)
Steps/h (pedometer) 2,103 857 477 714 471 140.86a,b <0.001 0.168
(388) (290) (296) (289)
Steps (accelerometer) 3,329 4,418 2,402 4,019 2,200 314.98a.b <0.001 0.218
(1,832) (1,582) (1,753) (1,386)
Steps/h (accelerometer) 3,329 730 402 640 368 333.88a,b <0.001 0.228
(281) (256) (252) (201)
PA-min (accelerometer) 3,329 145.8 106.7 134.5 89.3 265.31a,b <0.001 0.190
(44.8) (44.1) (39.6) (38.7)
PA-min/h (accelerometer) 3,329 24.2 18.4 21.5 15.1 280.44a,b <0.001 0.199
(6.7) (6.6) (5.5) (5.7)
MVPA-min (accelerometer) 3,329 26.2 12.0 20.8 9.4 273.40a,b <0.001 0.195
(15.4) (11.8) (12.7) (9.3)
MVPA-min/h (accelerometer) 3,329 4.3 2.0 3.3 1.5 285.19a,b <0.001 0.202
(2.4) (1.9) (2.0) (1.4)

PEL, physical education lesson; M, Mean; SD, Standard deviation; F, value of ANOVA; p, level of significance; ηp2, effect size coefficient; asignificant difference between boys with and without PELs; bsignificant difference between girls with and without PELs.