Physical activity levels of children and adolescents with moderate‐to‐severe intellectual disability

. 2018 Jul 11;32(1):131–142. doi: 10.1111/jar.12515

	Boys		Girls		No DS		DS
	M ± SD	95% CI	M ± SD	95% CI	M ± SD	95% CI	M ± SD	95% CI
N	43		25		52		16
Valid days (n)	6.6 ± 1.3	6.2–7.0	6.2 ± 1.3	5.7–6.7	6.3 ± 1.3	6.0–6.7	6.9 ± 1.4	6.2–7.6
Wear time (min)	683 ± 80	658–707	661 ± 67	633–689	671 ± 64	653–689	687 ± 109	629–745
Steps per day	7,257 ± 2,554	6,471–8,043	5,680 ± 2,412	4,685–6,676	6,865 ± 2,758	6,097–7,633	6,067 ± 1,951	5,028–7,107
Counts per minute	1,070 ± 364	958–1,182	988 ± 531	769–1,207	1,030 ± 464	900–1,159	1,074 ± 310	908–1,239
Minutes MVPA^a	101 ± 44	87–114	77 ± 46	58–97	88 ± 47	75–102	104 ± 39	83–124
Daily ≥60 min MVPA^a	26 (60%)	45–76	6 (24%)	6–42	24 (46%)	32–60	8 (50%)	22–78
Distribution throughout the day(%)^a
Sedentary	77 ± 9	74–80	81 ± 9	77–84	79 ± 9	76–81	77 ± 7	73–81
Light PA	8 ± 3	7–9	7 ± 2	7–8	8 ± 3	7–9	8 ± 2	7–9
Moderate PA	10 ± 4	8–11	7 ± 3	6–9	9 ± 4	7–10	10 ± 4	8–11
Vigorous PA	5 ± 3	4–6	4 ± 5	2–6	5 ± 4	4–6	6 ± 3	4–7

DS, down syndrome; PA, physical activity; MVPA, moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity. *Group difference (χ ²(1) = 8,438; p = 0.004).^aIntensity based on McGarty's VM‐cut‐points.