Research Article

Development of Step-Count Cut Points for School-Day Vigorous Physical Activity

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for separate weekly data observations (means (standard deviations)).

ā€‰Total sample (,119)Girls (,041)Boys (,078)

Age (years)8.5 (1.9)8.3 (1.8)8.6 (2.0)
School-day steps3,319 (1328)3,211 (1243)3,767 (1433)
School-day MVPA (minutes)31.7 (14.3)29.9 (12.9)33.1 (15.9)
School-day VPA (minutes)4.7 (4.4)4.2 (4.3)4.9 (4.5)

Note. MVPA stands for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; VPA stands for vigorous physical activity; bold indicates statistically significant differences between sexes, .