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 ± SDMin–maxM ± SDMin–max

Sedentary452.1 ± 100.5***218–572 369.14 ± 105.7143–51813.90.00*
Light104.6 ± 36.1***54–195 122.7 ± 22.266–15933.4 0.00*
Moderate154.9 ± 50.1***85–263 210.8 ± 51.1139–30416.4 0.00*
Total MVPA165.9 ± 58.7**86–286 218.3 ± 65.6143–35813.70.01*

Note: M: mean; SD: standard deviation. .
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