Fourth Graders’ Objectively Measured Week Long Physical Activity

Table 1: Averages of MVPA (min) during the whole week, weekdays and weekends.

		N	M	SD	Mdn	Min.	Max.	Girls	Boys
MVPAModerate to Vigorous PA MET ≥3	Whole Week	33	91,9	29,9	93,3	46,3	158,1	91,2	92,4
	Weekdays	33	103,7	32,1	101,7	52,6	170,0	103,2	104,1
	Weekend	33	59,9	35,9	58,0	12,5	163,0	58,6	60,0
	Monday	31	83,6	51,1	70,5	19	241,0	82,9	84,2
	Tuesday	33	123,8	49,1	113,0	65,0	247,0	122,8	124,4
	Wednesday	33	97,8	37,8	93,5	31,5	181,0	97,0	98,3
	Thursday	32	126,5	34,3	124,0	69,5	183,5	125,9	126,9
	Friday	32	86,8	26,4	86,5	44,0	129,5	88,0	86,0
	Saturday	30	53,9	33,1	48,0	13,0	140,5	62,8	48,0
	Sunday	31	71,3	46,6	67,5	12,5	185,5	58,4	80,6
MVPAVigorous PA MET ≥3	Whole Week	33	21,2	12,3	19,0	4,5	62,2	17,7	23,4
	Weekdays	33	25,5	15,2	23,1	6,9	72,7	20,8	28,0
	Weekend	33	9,8	8,8	8,3	0,0	36,0	7,3	11,3
	Monday	31	16,4	19,6	10,0	1,0	96,5	16,2	16,5
	Tuesday	33	34,3	29,4	25,0	7,0	152,0	26,3	39,5
	Wednesday	33	22,5	14,9	19,5	4,5	72,0	18,2	25,3
	Thursday	32	35,3	23,4	30,8	3,5	104,0	32,6	37,0
	Friday	32	18,6	11,2	15,3	5,5	46,0	16,8	19,9
	Saturday	30	6,5	5,1	6,0	0,5	22,0	7,8	5,7
	Sunday	31	14,1	15,9	10,0	0,0	64,0	7,4	18,9*
MVPAModerate PA MET ≥36	Whole Week	33	70,7	22,4	67,8	37,4	130,9	73,4	69,0
	Weekdays	33	78,2	22,5	79,2	43,4	128,5	81,4	76,2
	Weekend	33	49,7	29,7	47,8	12,3	136,8	51,3	48,7
	Monday	31	67,3	36,0	60,0	18,0	178,5	66,7	67,7
	Tuesday	33	89,5	30,2	91,0	48,0	153,5	96,5	84,9
	Wednesday	33	75,3	30,2	72,5	26,5	161,5	78,8	73,0
	Thursday	32	91,2	22,8	87,0	50,0	138,5	93,3	89,9
	Friday	32	68,2	18,7	73,3	34,5	101,0	71,2	66,1
	Saturday	30	47,4	29,8	41,0	11,5	124,0	54,9	42,4
	Sunday	31	57,2	35,5	48,0	12,5	149,5	51,0	61,7

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