Research Article
Physical Activity and Physical Fitness of School-Aged Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Table 3
Daily average time spent in physical activity by group.
| | Children with autism () | Children without autism () | value | | | M ± SD | Min–max | M ± SD | Min–max |
| Sedentary | 452.1 ± 100.5*** | 218–572 | 369.14 ± 105.7 | 143–518 | 13.9 | 0.00* | Light | 104.6 ± 36.1*** | 54–195 | 122.7 ± 22.2 | 66–159 | 33.4 | 0.00* | Moderate | 154.9 ± 50.1*** | 85–263 | 210.8 ± 51.1 | 139–304 | 16.4 | 0.00* | Total MVPA | 165.9 ± 58.7** | 86–286 | 218.3 ± 65.6 | 143–358 | 13.7 | 0.01* |
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Note: M: mean; SD: standard deviation. . . .
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