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Table 2 Physical activity and sedentary minutes accumulated by gender

From: Accelerometer measured physical activity patterns of children during segmented school day in Abu Dhabi

Variable

Total

Girls

Boys

P-value

Mean (±SD)

Mean (±SD)

Mean (±SD)

Physical activity level (Days with PE)

 Sedentary

250.2 (66.9)

263.1 (54.3)

239.7 (74.4)

0.048

 LPA

87 (44.3)

91.2 (38.2)

83.5 (48.7)

0.318

 MPA

13.7 (12)

11.8 (7.7)

15.3 (14.5)

0.081

 VPA

8.1 (12.1)

4.1 (4.1)

11.3 (15.2)

0.000 *

 MVPA

21.8 (22.6)

15.9 (10.6)

26.6 (28.1)

0.004*

Physical activity level (Days with no PE)

 Sedentary

240.3 (48.4)

257.7 (42.1)

224.5 (48.4)

0.000*

 LPA

102.7 (32.5)

102.4 (33.7)

102.9 (31.4)

0.883

 MPA

14.4 (8.5)

13.3 (7.3)

15.5 (9.4)

0.007*

 VPA

8 (8.7)

5.4 (4.5)

10.4 (10.7)

0.000*

 MVPA

22.4 (15.9)

18.7 (10.6)

25.9 (18.9)

0.000*

Active (≥ 30 min/day)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

 

 High

25 (18.8)

5 (8)

20 (27)

0.007*

 Low

108 (81.2)

54 (92)

54 (73)

 
  1. Physical activity data presented in this table is based on a total of 596 valid days for 133 students with a total of 467 “No PE” days 129 days with PE; Significant difference* (p < 0.05)
  2. PE Physical education, LPA Light physical activity, MPA Moderate physical activity, VPA Vigorous physical activity, MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity