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Table 2 Total time accumulated in sedentary bouts of different length for specific time periods

From: Patterns of objectively measured sedentary time in 10- to 12-year-old Belgian children: an observational study within the ENERGY-project

 

During school hours weekday (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

After-school hours weekday (4:00-6:00 p.m.)

Evening period weekday (6:00-10:00 p.m.)

Weekday

Weekend day

SED bouts 2-5 min

Total time accumulated (min)

76.1

20.8

31.4

137.9

121.3

Proportion of SED time (%)

26.9b,c

28.3a,c

26.2a,b

26.3

26.7

SED bouts 5-10 min

Total time accumulated (min)

58.4

14.2

25.5

107.0

88.7

Proportion of SED time (%)

20.3c

19.6c

21.3a,b

19.9d

18.8

SED bouts 10-20 min

Total time accumulated (min)

44.5

7.3

17.2

81.0

63.2

Proportion of SED time (%)

15.3b

11.3a,c

15.2b

14.6d

12.8

SED bouts 20-30 min

Total time accumulated (min)

16.1

1.6

5.5

29.9

22.7

Proportion of SED time (%)

5.6b

2.9a,c

5.2b

5.4d

4.5

SED bouts ≥30 min

Total time accumulated (min)

11.2

0.7

5.7

33.8

28.9

Proportion of SED time (%)

3.8c

2.9c

6.1a,b

5.7

5.3

SED time

Total SED time (min)

284.1

71.5

117.3

532.8

463.9

Proportion of wear time (%)

64.0b,c

59.8a,c

65.9a,b

64.1d

61.9

  1. SED sedentary
  2. asignificantly different from during school hours period
  3. bsignificantly different from after school hours period
  4. csignificantly different from the evening time period
  5. dsignificantly different from a weekend day