Physical Activity and Screen Time in Metabolically Healthy Obese Phenotypes in Adolescents and Adults
Table 2
Unadjusted* physical activity and screen time between MHO and MUO phenotypes among adolescents and adults.
Adolescents 12–18 years
Adults 19–44 years
Adults 45–85 years
MHO
MUO
P value
MHO
MUO
P-value
MHO
MUO
P value
Physical activity
Moderate PA
∧
(min/day)
25.2 ± 3.7
24.9 ± 4.1
0.77
23.7 ± 3.0
22.1 ± 2.0
0.99
24.3 ± 2.7
19.4 ± 1.7
0.03
Vigorous PA
∧
(min/day)
30.9 ± 6.7
26.0 ± 4.1
0.55
15.1 ± 1.9
8.7 ± 1.6
0.01
5.8 ± 1.7
7.1 ± 1.3
0.64
MVPA
∧
(min/day)
56.1 ± 9.4
51.0 ± 6.4
0.55
38.8 ± 3.9
30.8 ± 2.3
0.16
30.1 ± 3.3
26.5 ± 2.3
0.12
PA
∧
(MET * min/day)
359.6 ± 66.1
319.8 ± 43.3
0.5
205.0 ± 20.9
150.2 ± 14.0
0.07
130.5 ± 16.6
126.0 ± 12.7
0.16
Meeting PA recommendation (%)
52 (29)
20 (36)
0.46
67 (44)
45 (41)
0.68
22 (35)
76 (33)
0.87
Muscle strength (times/week)
2.4 ± 0.6
1.5 ± 0.4
0.54
1.2 ± 0.2
1.2 ± 0.2
0.59
1.0 ± 0.3
0.7 ± 0.1
0.53
Active transport (%)
98 (48)
30 (44)
0.65
55 (37)
32 (23)
0.01
12 (20)
50 (20)
0.57
Active transport
∧
mins/wk
187.1 ± 81.3
217.1 ± 90.0
0.73
75.4 ± 29.4
36.6 ± 11.7
0.03
14.3 ± 6.2
33.5 ± 7.5
0.33
Usual daily activity (%)
Sit
NA
27 (19)
23 (23)
0.16
14 (23)
46 (22)
0.99
Walk
77 (49)
62 (51)
39 (59)
126 (58)
Light activity
36 (25)
19 (14)
9 (14)
27 (16)
Heavy activity
12 (7)
14 (12)
2 (4)
8 (4)
Screen time
TV/video (# hours/day)
≤1 hr/day
47 (33)
25 (37)
0.25
42 (34)
45 (40)
0.71
20 (30)
49 (27)
0.59
2-3 hr/day
80 (44)
17 (29)
68 (44)
46 (37)
37 (59)
106 (55)
4+ hr/day
36 (23)
20 (34)
42 (22)
27 (23)
7 (10)
52 (18)
Computer (# hours/day)
≤1 hr/day
126 (75)
42 (55)
0.14
119 (82)
87 (71)
0.15
53 (84)
179 (84)
0.51
2-3 hr/day
30 (19)
11 (30)
22 (13)
22 (22)
8 (13)
17 (10)
4+ hr/day
7 (7)
9 (15)
11 (67)
9 (7)
3 (3)
11 (7)
Meeting screen time recommendations** (%)
44 (30)
21 (27)
0.75
45 (38)
45 (36)
0.87
23 (38)
64 (30)
0.37
Mean ± SE or (%). ≥60 mins/day MVPA for adolescents; ≥30 mins/day adults. ≤2 hrs screen time per day as recommended for children and adolescents by American Academy of Pediatrics. Variable log transformed for analysis. N/A: not available.
