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Table 4 Time per day spent at the different PA intensities in the five quintiles of PA

From: Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular disease risk factors in young children: a cross-sectional study (the IDEFICS study)

Quintiles by group

Total PA

Moderate PA

Vigorous PA

MVPA

 

Counts/min

SD

Range

Min/day

SD

Range

Min/day

SD

Range

Min/day

SD

Range

Boys (2 to 6 years)

            

Q1

389.6

59.7

187.2 to 470.9

13.3

4.1

1.3 to 18.7

0.9

0.4

0.2 to 1.5

14.9

4.6

1.3 to 21.3

Q2

525.2

28.2

470.9 to 572.0

22.9

2.2

18.8 to 26.3

2.3

0.4

1.7 to 3.0

25.9

2.4

21.7 to 29.8

Q3

616.4

24.9

572.4 to 659.6

31.0

2.7

26.5 to 35.6

3.9

0.4

3.3 to 4.7

35.3

2.9

30.3 to 39.8

Q4

708.8

31.6

659.8 to 765.8

41.2

3.8

35.7 to 47.7

6.2

1.1

4.8 to 8.5

48.1

4.7

40.3 to 57.2

Q5 (reference)

893.7

97.5

769.0 to 1,239.8

61.1

11.1

48.0 to 115.7

14.7

6.3

8.7 to 37.7

73.2

13.2

57.3 to 141.0

Girls (2 to 6 years)

            

Q1

357.3

58.2

173.9 to 428.2

10.1

3.0

14.8 to 21.5

0.9

0.4

0.2 to 1.4

11.3

3.6

3.3 to 16.7

Q2

473.2

24

432.8 to 516.2

18.2

2.1

22.0 to 29.7

2.2

0.4

1.6 to 2.8

21.5

2.5

17.0 to 25.3

Q3

548.5

19.7

516.7 to 582.4

25.7

2.1

29.8 to 38.0

3.9

0.6

3.0 to 4.8

30.0

2.7

25.8 to 34.3

Q4

637.4

32.4

584.1 to 693.4

33.7

2.4

38.3 to 77.7

6.1

0.8

5.0 to 7.8

39.9

3.0

35.0 to 45.3

Q5 (reference)

806.7

103

694.8 to 1,210.6

47.9

9.2

24.7 to 34.3

12.2

6.0

8.0 to 58.3

57.8

11.7

45.3 to 107.0

Boys (6 to 9 years)

            

Q1

383.5

60.6

165.4 to 461.4

17.5

5.2

3.0 to 24.3

1.6

0.7

0.3 to 2.8

20.3

6.2

3.0 to 28.5

Q2

507.6

24.7

461.4 to 548.2

29.7

2.8

24.7 to 34.3

3.8

0.6

3.0 to 4.9

34.8

3.4

28.7 to 40.3

Q3

594.4

24.3

548.6 to 635.8

38.2

2.4

34.3 to 42.6

6.1

0.8

5.0 to 7.6

45.4

3.1

40.6 to 50.8

Q4

690.3

34.4

635.9 to 752.7

48.2

3.5

42.7 to 54.5

9.9

1.3

7.8 to 12.3

57.4

4.5

51.0 to 65.8

Q5 (reference)

871.1

99.9

753.2 to 1,258.7

69.3

12.3

54.8 to 115.0

18.3

5.8

12.3 to 42.0

84.6

15.4

66.3 to 137.5

Girls (6 to 9 years)

            

Q1

354.3

52.6

123.1 to 414.0

12.6

3.7

1.3 to 17.8

1.5

0.6

0.3 to 2.4

15.0

4.6

1.3 to 21.8

Q2

459.1

24.5

414.7 to 499.5

21.3

2.0

18.3 to 24.6

3.3

0.5

2.6 to 4.2

26.0

2.6

21.8 to 30.0

Q3

538.6

21.9

499.8 to 575.7

28.2

2.1

24.8 to 31.8

5.3

0.7

4.3 to 6.5

34.3

2.4

30.3 to 38.7

Q4

621.0

28.9

575.7 to 677.9

36.2

2.8

32.0 to 41.3

8.5

1.1

6.7 to 10.7

45.0

3.3

39.2 to 51.3

Q5 (reference)

789.9

97.7

680.7 to 1,198.9

52.5

9.4

41.7 to 103.5

17.3

5.9

11.3 to 46.3

66.4

13.1

53.1 to 131.5

  1. PA physical activity, MVPA moderate + vigorous PA, Q quintile, Q5 reference as highest PA levels.