Research Article

Physical Activity and Sedentary Patterns among Metabolically Healthy Individuals Living with Obesity

Table 2

Sedentary and MVPA bout patterns among non-MHO and MHO individuals.

12–18 years19–44 years45–85 years
VariableNon-MHO ()MHO ()Non-MHO ()MHO ()Non-MHO ()MHO ()

1-min. bout (SED-time) (%)335 (100)79 (100)691 (100)111 (100)1082 (100)148 (100)
5-min. bout (SED-time) (%)335 (100)79 (100)691 (100)111 (100)1082 (100)148 (100)
10-min. bout (SED-time) (%)335 (100)79 (100)691 (100)111 (100)1082 (100)148 (100)
30-min. bout (SED-time) (%)334 (99.3)78 (98.7)690 (99.8)110 (99.1)1081 (99.9)148 (100)
60-min. bout (SED-time) (%)293 (87.5)62 (78.5)580 (83.9)102 (91.9)1008 (93.2)138 (93.2)
1-min. bout (MVPA time) (%)335 (100)78 (98.7)689 (99.7)111 (100)1037 (95.8)145 (98.0)
5-min. bout (MVPA time) (%)314 (93.7)75 (94.9)613 (88.7)107 (96.4)700 (65.0)102 (69.0)
10-min. bout (MVPA time) (%)215 (64.2)47 (59.5)307 (44.4)62 (56.0)294 (27.2)53 (36.0)
30-min. bout (MVPA time) (%)25 (7.5)7 (9.9)51 (7.4)11 (9.9)67 (6.2)12 (91.9)
60-min. bout (MVPA time) (%)1 (<1.0)0 (<1.0)2 (<1.0)2 (<1.0)4 (<1.0)1 (<1.0)
1-min. bout (SED-time)476.0 ± 115.8473.0 ± 95.5454.2 ± 119.9441.4 ± 98.9519.5 ± 121.7513.1 ± 127.3
5-min. bout (SED-time)353.5 ± 121.4347.2 ± 97.9330.6 ± 120.9316.8 ± 97.4410.9 ± 131.1398.0 ± 130.4
10-min. bout (SED-time)254.9 ± 116.0248.8 ± 92.2236.6 ± 108.1224.6 ± 87.2320.8 ± 129.8306.1 ± 128.6
30-min. bout (SED-time)94.8 ± 87.187.4 ± 52.181.9 ± 59.576.1 ± 49.5137.8 ± 91.2134.2 ± 90.3
60-min. bout (SED-time)14.2 ± 66.98.22 ± 11.810.9 ± 18.89.6 ± 17.127.9 ± 40.229.9 ± 46.7
1-min. bout (MVPA time)27.8 ± 24.025.9 ± 23.223.7 ± 20.328.6 ± 23.611.3 ± 13.912.8 ± 12.6
5-min. bout (MVPA time)22.4 ± 25.120.6 ± 23.315.4 ± 19.419.8 ± 24.56.8 ± 12.47.6 ± 10.0
10-min. bout (MVPA time)9.5 ± 14.78.3 ± 13.54.8 ± 10.17.0 ± 14.72.8 ± 7.62.8 ± 5.6
30-min. bout (MVPA time)0.8 ± 3.70.9 ± 3.20.8 ± 3.21.7 ± 7.50.8 ± 3.81.0 ± 3.8
60-min. bout (MVPA time)0.1 ± 1.00.0 ± 0.00.0 ± 0.70.5 ± 4.40.0 ± 0.50.1 ± 0.7

Data are presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables and (%) for categorical variables. The bouts are expressed as the cumulative bouts of 1-min., 5-min., 10 min., 30-min., and 60-min. bouts. MHO = metabolically healthy obese; min. = minute; SED = sedentary; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Independent t-tests were performed to test differences between MHO and non-MHO within each age category. Significantly different between non-MHO and MHO at .