Table 2

Amount of moderate-to-vigorous and vigorous physical activity during workdays and days off based on age group

 MenWomen
n (men/ women)Workdays
(min/day)
Days off
(min/day)
p Value*Workdays
(min/day)
Days off
(min/day)
p Value*
MVPA1 min
 18–30 years366/457Mean (SD)88.6 (72.8)†88.3 (75.7)†0.8176.6 (53.5)†71.5 (61.9)†0.005
Median67.5†69.0†69.0†60.0†
 31–40 years1109/1251Mean (SD)55.7 (44.2)†67.7 (63.2)†<0.00142.1 (38.5)†40.8 (40.6)†0.041
Median47.0†52.3†34.0†28.0†
 41–50 years1411/1905Mean (SD)47.1 (42.5)†59.9 (56.5)†<0.00128.3 (29.1)†31.1 (37.1)†0.34
Median36.5†47.0†21.0†17.0†
 51–65 years1335/1720Mean (SD)42.9 (46.2)†53.3 (56.0)†<0.00120.5 (24.4)†22.7 (33.3)†0.74
median31.0†37.5†11.0†8.0†
VPA1 min
 18–30 years366/457Mean (SD)17.0 (21.4)†17.6 (25.3)†0.7316.5 (19.9)†15.1 (23.1)†0.004
median10.0†5.0†9.0†4.0†
 31–40 years1109/1251Mean (SD)11.6 (16.6)†15.9 (24.4)†<0.0017.8 (12.7)†8.1 (15.9)†0.16
Median4.0†3.0†1.0†0.0†
 41–50 years1411/1905Mean (SD)9.9 (14.7)†13.9 (24.9)†<0.0014.0 (9.1)†5.8 (14.9)†0.008
Median2.0†1.0†0.0†0.0†
 51–65 years1335/1720Mean (SD)7.4 (13.9)†10.2 (21.2)†<0.0011.8 (6.3)†2.5 (11.2)†0.54
Median0.5†0.0†0.0†0.0†
  • *For the difference between workdays and days off by Wilcoxon two-sample paired signed rank test.

  • †p<0.001 for the difference between age groups by Kruskal-Wallis test.

  • MVPA1 min, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (≥3 metabolic equivalents (METs)) calculated from single 1 min bouts throughout the measurement period.

  • VPA1 min, vigorous physical activity (≥6 METs) calculated from single 1 min bouts throughout the measurement period.