Active children are less adipose and insulin resistant in early adolescence; evidence from the Mysore Parthenon Cohort

Table 1 Physical activity measures at 6–10 years and 11–13 years*

	6–10 years			11–13 years
Physical Activity measures*	Males	Females		Males	Females
	n = 140	n = 150	p^§	n = 175	n = 194	p^§
Counts/ day (× 10³)	448 ± 128	381 ± 110	< 0.01	418 ± 144	296 ± 101	< 0.01
Registered Time (min/d)	798 ± 81	783 ± 77	0.11	778 ± 86	760 ± 74	0.03
Sedentary (% of RT) ^†	40.7 ± 9.6	42.6 ± 9.5	0.51	47.9 ± 11.1	53.6 ± 10.0	< 0.01
Light physical activity (% of RT)^†	53.0 ± 8.3	52.8 ± 8.7	0.38	46.2 ± 9.6	43.2 ± 9.2	< 0.01
Moderate physical activity (% of RT)^†	5.0 ± 2.2	3.6 ± 1.7	< 0.01	4.7 ± 2.5	2.8 ± 1.6	< 0.01
Vigorous physical activity (% RT)^†	1.1 (0.5, 2.0)	0.8 (0.4,1.3)	< 0.01	0.8 (0.4,1.7)	0.3 (0.1,0.6)	< 0.01

*Data are expressed as mean ± SD for normally distributed variables and as median (IQR) for non-normally distributed variables. ^†Intensity cut offs are those published by Evenson [30]; CPM Counts per minute, RT registered time ^§ p value refers to t test of difference between males and females

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