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Table 3 Comparison of high active and low active children across different school day segments

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

 

Boys

Girls

MVPA Minutes

MVPA % of total time

MVPA Minutes

MVPA % of total time

High Activea

Low Activeb

P-value

High Activea

Low Activeb

P-value

High Activea

Low Activeb

P-value

High Activea

Low Activeb

P-value

Class time

10.3

4.5

0.000*

11.7%

4.7%

0.000*

9.6

4.3

0.000*

9.0%

4.0%

0.000*

Recess

4.4

1.5

0.000*

17.7%

5.9%

0.000*

2.3

1.4

0.024*

9.1%

5.7%

0.024*

Lunch

6.7

2.2

0.000*

27.0%

8.8%

0.000*

3.9

2.1

0.001*

14.2%

7.8%

0.002*

PE

26.6

4.6

0.000*

28.1%

4.9%

0.000*

8.5

5.0

0.228

6.3%

4.5%

0.490

Entire Day

47.0

18.0

0000*

13.4%

5.1%

0.000*

34.7

16.6

0.000*

9.3%

4.4%

0.000*

  1. Data presented in this table are raw unadjusted means. Significant difference* (p < 0.05)
  2. MVPA Moderate to vigorous physical activity
  3. aHigh active ≥30 min of MVPA
  4. bLow active < 30 min of MVPA