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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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; , effect size coefficient; asignificant difference between boys with and without PELs; bsignificant difference between girls with and without PELs.