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. 2021 Nov 26;13(12):4247. doi: 10.3390/nu13124247

Table 5.

Physical activity in preschool children during time spent in childcare and as a percent of time spent in childcare before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Y-19 Y-20 p-Value Cohen’s d
Sedentary time
Min/h 44.2 ± 4.9 42.4 ± 3.9 * 0.005 0.363
Percentage of wear time 73.4 ± 8.2 70.7 ± 6.5 * 0.005 0.363
LPA (min/h)
Min/h 8.0 ± 1.9 8.3 ± 1.4 0.223 0.155
Percentage of wear time 13.6 ± 3.2 13.8 ± 2.3 0.223 0.157
MVPA (min/h)
Min/h 7.9 ± 3.2 9.3 ± 3.0 * 0.001 0.434
Percentage of wear time 13.2 ± 5.3 15.5 ± 5.0 * 0.001 0.435
TPA
Min/h 16.0 ± 4.9 17.6 ± 3.9 * 0.005 0.363
Percentage of wear time 26.6 ± 8.2 29.3 ± 6.5 * 0.005 0.327
Steps Count
Steps/h(steps/h) 649 ± 186 800 ± 189 ** 0.000 0.802
Steps/d 4848 ± 1772 5507 ± 1748 * 0.005 0.374

* Significantly different at p < 0.01; ** significantly different at p < 0.001.