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Table 5 Spearman's correlations between the BONES PAS and the Actigraph 7164 accelerometer

From: Development and testing of the BONES physical activity survey for young children

 

r s (95% CI)a

Accelerometer data

BONES PAS Scores

 

Moderate-high MET

(3-6 METs)

High MET

(6-9 METs)

Weight-bearing Factor

Counts, total

0.24 (-0.08, 0.51)

0.2 (-0.12, 0.48)

0.23 (-0.09, 0.51)

Counts, per minute

0.27 (-0.05, 0.54)

0.25 (-0.07, 0.52)

0.26 (-0.06, 0.53)

Vigorous

0.21 (-0.11, 0.49)

0.23 (-0.09, 0.51)

0.21 (-0.11, 0.49)

Very vigorous (≥ 9 METs)

0.47 (0.19, 0.68)**

0.48 (0.2, 0.69)**

0.48 (0.2, 0.69)**

Total vigorous physical activity (≥ 6 METs)

0.25 (-0.07, 0.52)

0.27 (-0.05, 0.54)

0.24 (-0.08, 0.51)

Total moderate-vigorous physical activity (≥ 3 METs

0.17 (-0.15, 0.46)

0.13 (-0.19, 0.42)

0.16 (-0.16, 0.45)

  1. MET: Metabolic equivalent time; r s : Spearman's correlation coefficient
  2. **: p < 0.01
  3. a CI: Confidence Interval; derived using Fisher's z r transformation, two-taile