Table 4 Descriptive statistics for the activPAL variables

Waking wear time (minutes/day)

934.9

909.0

951.5

926.8

947.4

912.3

16.6

17.9

12.6

3.4

(58.3)

(69.4)

(51.2)

(72.6)

(50.8)

(61.2)

(49.2)

(58.0)

(47.2)

(59.5)

Daily sitting (minutes)

665.6

642.9

661.2

611.9

642.0

620.7

-4.4

-30.9

-23.7

-22.2

(102.9)

(114.4)

(93.0)

(116.8)

(86.1)

(93.1)

(99.5)

(87.2)

(85.2)

(82.5)

Daily standing (minutes)

193.2

195.5

196.4

227.3

210.0

206.5

3.2

31.8

16.8

11.0

(77.6)

(75.4)

(70.5)

(85.3)

(69.8)

(67.2)

(74.2)

(60.7)

(64.1)

(46.1)

Daily stepping (minutes)

76.1

70.6

93.9

87.6

95.5

85.1

17.8

17.0

19.4

14.5

(34.4)

(33.1)

(38.4)

(32.5)

(37.7)

(36.0)

(26.8)

(19.1)

(28.7)

(19.6)

Steps per day

6044

5560

7655

7081

7847

6978

1612

1521

1803

1418

(3225)

(2934)

(3543)

(2954)

(3681)

(3549)

(2431)

(1517)

(2922)

(1961)

Percentage of wear time spent sitting

71

71

69

66

68

68

-2

-5

-3

-3

[9]

[11]

[8]

[11]

[8]

[9]

[9]

[8]

[8]

[7]

Percentage of wear time spent in sitting bouts ≥ 30 min

45

46

43

39

40

41

-3

-6

-5

-5

[12]

[13]

[10]

[12]

[11]

[10]

[11]

[11]

[10]

[9]

Percentage of total sitting time spent in bouts ≥ 30 min

63

64

61

59

59

60

-2

-5

-4

-4

[12]

[12]

[10]

[13]

[12]

[10]

[10]

[10]

[9]

[9]

Percentage of wear time spent in sitting bouts 0–30 min

25.9

25.1

26.7

26.8

27.6

27.1

0.8

1.7

1.6

2.0

(8.5)

(7.6)

(6.7)

(8.6)

(7.9)

(6.8)

(6.1)

(5.3)

(5.5)

(5.5)

Percentage of wear time spent standing

(8.5)

(7.6)

(6.7)

(8.6)

(7.9)

(6.8)

(6.1)

(5.3)

(5.5)

(5.5)

[8]

[9]

[8]

[9]

[7]

[7]

[8]

[7]

[6]

[6]

Percentage of wear time spent stepping

8

8

10

9

10

9

2

2

2

2

[4]

[4]

[4]

[4]

[4]

[4]

[3]

[2]

[3]

[2]

Number of sit-upright transitions

42.8

41.7

44.3

45.5

44.5

45.2

1.5

3.8

1.7

3.5

(14.0)

(11.5)

(12.8)

(16.1)

(13.8)

(14.4)

(12.2)

(12.2)

(8.9)

(12.3)

Time in sitting bouts ≥ 30 min (minutes)

423.0

415.5

406.5

363.5

379.3

372.9

-16.5

-51.9

-43.6

-42.5

(121.9)

(125.8)

(104.0)

(117.4)

(101.7)

(91.4)

(108.8)

(104.1)

(102.4)

(99.3)

Time in sitting bouts 0–30 min (minutes)

242.6

227.4

254.7

248.4

262.6

247.7

12.1

21.0

20.0

20.4

(81.1)

(67.1)

(69.4)

(3.2)

(83.2)

(63.6)

(57.1)

(54.5)

(49.3)

(50.7)