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. 2020 Nov 30;17(23):8918. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238918

Table 1.

Characteristics of parameters describing the level of physical activity of the participants depending on sex.

Physical Activity Measure Sex p
Girls Boys
N x¯ Me SD N x¯ Me SD
Sedentary (min) 475 3329 3294 915 527 3264 3233 938 0.291
Light (min) 475 1073 1046 352 527 1105 1077 375 0.246
Moderate (min) 474 239 220 129 527 262 234 134 <0.001
Vigorous (min) 475 175 135 172 527 190 143 173 0.001
Sedentary (min/day) 475 539.7 534.4 109.9 527 528.2 521.2 113.8 0.087
Light (min/day) 475 174.1 174.1 49.2 527 178.8 175.1 51.3 0.265
Moderate (min/day) 475 38.4 34.9 18.1 527 42.5 38.6 20 <0.001
Vigorous (min/day) 475 27.8 20.9 24.7 527 30.7 23.8 26.6 0.002
Sedentary (%) 475 69.0 70.1 9.8 527 67.5 68.6 10.3 0.024
Light (%) 475 22.5 22.2 6.4 527 23.1 22.7 6.8 0.240
Moderate (%) 475 5.0 4.6 2.4 527 5.5 5.0 2.6 <0.001
Vigorous (%) 475 3.6 2.8 3.2 527 3.9 3.1 3.3 0.003
MVPA per day (min) 475 66.2 55.7 40.8 527 73.2 62.2 43.0 <0.001
CPM 475 562.9 497.7 315.1 527 609.1 536.8 338.6 0.001
Steps counts per day (thousands) 475 8.8 8.6 2.7 527 9.4 9.0 3.0 0.006
Time (min) 475 4817.3 4858.7 1020.4 527 4820.1 4898.2 1061.8 0.047

CPM—counts per minute, Me—median, MVPA—moderate to vigorous physical activity, N—number of participants, p—test probability value calculated using the Mann–Whitney test, SD—standard deviation x¯—average.