Relationship between disease activity level and physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis using a triaxial accelerometer and self-reported questionnaire

Table 1 Comparison of PA in the LDA and MHDA groups

Variables	LDA group (n = 20)	MHDA group (n = 14)	p-value
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Accelerometer (min/day)
Wear time	764.6 (643.4–724.8)	739.1 (605.6–744.9)	0.13
MVPA	17.2 (13.5–21.8)	10.6 (9.5–15.7)	0.28
LPA	256.2 (235.2–261.9)	256.2 (225.6–276.8)	0.15
SB	493.6 (389.7–434.0)	468.0 (373.8–458.6)	0.15
Steps/day	6425 (5892–7645)	4877 (4190–7039)	0.37
iPAQ (METs/min/week)
Total PA score	2222.3 (2882.9)	1004.9 (878.8)	0.47
VPA	348 (1287.7)	171.4 (641.4)	0.91
Moderate PA score	702.6 (1281.2)	212.6 (322.5)	0.55
MVPA score	1050.6(1284.4)	384.0(963.9)	0.44
Walking PA score	1171.7 (933.9)	620.9 (310.7)	0.13

LDA low disease activity, MHDA moderate/high disease activity, SB sedentary behavior, LPA light-intensity physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, VPA vigorous physical activity, MPA moderate physical activity, IQR interquartile range, METs metabolic equivalents, iPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire, PA physical activity

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