Daily Step-Based Recommendations Related to Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adolescents

Table 4. Comparison of estimated maximum oxygen uptake levels (ml/ kg/ min) between adolescents who met and did not meet the daily step-based recommendations related to achieving at least 60 min per day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity

Step-based index	Cut-off point	Not meeting		Meeting		Mann-Whitney U test			RR (95% CI)^a
Step-based index	Cut-off point	n	Mdn (IQR)	n	Mdn (IQR)	Z	p	r	RR (95% CI)^a
Uncensored total steps	11,111 steps	108	39.9 (7.9)	18	43.8 (7.2)	2.407	0.016	0.21	3.02 (1.06-8.67)
Censored total steps	8,606 steps	100	39.4 (7.9)	26	43.8 (7.2)	2.961	0.003	0.26	2.50 (1.03-6.07)
Uncensored steps/ min	8.7 steps/ min	93	39.4 (7.9)	33	41.1 (8.2)	1.487	0.137	0.13	1.54 (0.69-3.42)
Censored steps/ min	45.1 steps/ min	86	39.4 (7.9)	40	41.2 (9.6)	1.896	0.058	0.17	2.28 (1.06-4.90)
Min ≥ 65 steps/ min	60 min	108	39.4 (7.9)	18	43.8 (6.7)	2.977	0.003	0.27	4.09 (1.36-12.29)
Steps ≥ 65 steps/ min	5,684 steps	106	39.4 (7.9)	20	43.8 (6.4)	2.984	0.003	0.27	3.70 (1.32-10.39)
PC min ≥ 65 steps/ min	4.9%	102	39.9 (7.9)	24	42.5 (8.9)	1.911	0.056	0.17	2.08 (0.84-5.14)
PC steps ≥ 65 steps/ min	55.0%	107	41.1 (7.9)	19	43.8 (10.8)	2.346	0.019	0.21	3.35 (1.18-9.51)
Peak 1-min cadence	124 steps	83	38.5 (6.2)	43	43.8 (6.9)	4.131	< 0.001	0.37	3.87 (1.78-8.42)
Peak 30-min cadence	86 steps	76	39.0 (7.9)	50	41.2 (6.8)	2.177	0.030	0.19	2.31 (1.11-4.79)
Peak 60-min cadence	72 steps	85	39.4 (7.9)	41	41.2 (6.1)	1.709	0.088	0.15	1.83 (0.86-3.87)

Mdn, Median; IQR, Interquartile range; r, Rosenthal’s r effect size; RR (95% CI), Risk ratio (95% confident interval); PC, Percentage.^a Healthy vs. unhealthy cardiorespiratory fitness profiles (Welk et al., 2011).