Table 2

Sleeping, sitting, standing, light PA and MVPA and transitions from sitting to standing during workdays and non-workdays and working hours to non-working hours in a sample of lorry drivers from the East Midlands, UK (n=87)

All days (median±IQR)Work days only (median±IQR)
WorkdaysNon-workdaysDifferences (p value)Working hoursNon-working hoursDifferences
(p value)
Sleep time (mins/day)399.8 (158.0, 774.3)576.8 (258.6, 886.9)<0.001
Waking time (mins/day)1040.1(813.4, 1395.4)861.2 (465.6, 1181.3)<0.001628.8 (344.7, 838.1)421.4 (136.1, 770.1)<0.010
Time spent sitting (mins/day)749.5 (493.5, 1179.9)463.1 (258.0, 787.9)<0.001491.5 (148.6, 678.2)239.9 (101.8, 600.4)<0.001
Time spent standing (mins/day)188.7 (83.3, 414.2)226.8 (85.7, 501.9)<0.00170.4 (24.6, 284.1)105.5 (27.6, 302.5)<0.001
Time in light PA (mins/day)85.3 (48.0, 169.2)97.6 (27.2, 317.2)<0.0139.7 (8.2, 95.8)47.0 (9.6, 118.6)<0.050
Time in MVPA (mins/day)12.6 (1.4, 103.5)6.0 (0.0, 84.4)<0.0014.4 (0.3, 26.2)5.8 (0.0, 96.0)<0.010
Total steps per day8074.9 (3411.3, 21 420.0)7854.8 (1008.0, 23 308.0)0.6563659.9 (2148.4, 9177.9)4324.5 (634.0, 17 469.0)0.052
Number of transitions from sitting to standing per waking hour2.8 (1.4, 7.9)2.9 (1.2, 8.4)0.2312.7 (1.0, 8.4)3.1 (0.5, 9.0)<0.031
  • MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; PA, physical activity.