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Table 3 Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and accelerometer agreement for reported moderate to vigorous activity and sedentary time

From: Convergent validity: agreement between accelerometry and the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire in college-age Saudi men

Variable Accelerometer GPAQ r value
Moderate PA (min/week) 188.0 (128.0–289.0) 60.0 (0–180.0) 0.24 (p = 0.058)
Vigorous PA (min/week) 3.0 (0–9.0) 75.0 (0–180) 0.32 **
MVPA (min/week) 273.5 (178.6–405.2) 167.5 (60.0–345.0) 0.32 *
Sedentary time (h/day) 9.4 (8.6–10.2) 6.0 (3.0–9.0) 0.08
  1. Data expressed as median (1st–3rd quartiles) and Spearman correlation coefficients
  2. GPAQ Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, MVPA moderate-vigorous physical activity, PA physical activity
  3. * Significant correlation at p ≤ 0.05
  4. ** Significant correlation at p ≤ 0.01
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BMC Research Notes

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