Table 5. Cut-off points and accuracy of the daily step-based recommendations related to having less than 69% of the day in sedentary behavior.
Step-based index |
Cut-off point |
%TP |
AUC (95% CI) |
Se |
Sp |
J max |
P |
k |
Uncensored total steps |
7,773 steps |
58.73 |
0.87 (0.81-0.93)† |
0.87 |
0.70 |
0.57 |
0.79 |
0.57† |
Censored total steps |
6,836 steps |
48.41 |
0.84 (0.78-0.91)† |
0.75 |
0.78 |
0.52 |
0.76 |
0.52† |
Uncensored steps/ min |
7.4 steps/ min |
49.21 |
0.88 (0.82-0.94)† |
0.79 |
0.81 |
0.60 |
0.80 |
0.60† |
Censored steps/ min |
38.8 steps/ min |
65.87 |
0.59 (0.49-0.69) |
0.76 |
0.44 |
0.21 |
0.60 |
0.21* |
Minutes 0 steps/ min |
652.9 min |
58.73 |
0.87 (0.82-0.93)† |
0.89 |
0.71 |
0.60 |
0.80 |
0.60† |
Minutes < 5 steps/ min |
911.4 min |
58.73 |
0.74 (0.65-0.82)† |
0.79 |
0.62 |
0.41 |
0.71 |
0.41† |
Steps < 5 steps/ min |
473.6 steps |
54.76 |
0.78 (0.69-0.86)† |
0.32 |
0.22 |
-0.46 |
0.27 |
0.46† |
PC minutes 0 steps/ min |
51.8% |
29.37 |
0.76 (0.66-0.86)† |
0.57 |
0.98 |
0.56 |
0.78 |
0.56† |
PC minutes < 5 steps/ min |
74.7% |
30.16 |
0.77 (0.67-0.87)† |
0.60 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
0.80 |
0.60† |
PC steps < 5 steps/ min |
5.6% |
50.79 |
0.65 (0.55-0.76)* |
0.63 |
0.62 |
0.25 |
0.63 |
0.25 |
Minutes 0 steps/ min (bouts) |
321.1 min |
46.03 |
0.89 (0.83-0.94)† |
0.78 |
0.86 |
0.63 |
0.82 |
0.64† |
Minutes < 5 steps/ min (bouts) |
737.2 min |
59.52 |
0.81 (0.74-0.89)† |
0.84 |
0.65 |
0.49 |
0.75 |
0.49† |
PC minutes 0 steps/ min (bouts) |
28.3% |
56.35 |
0.91 (0.87-0.96)† |
0.92 |
0.79 |
0.71 |
0.86 |
0.71† |
PC minutes < 5 steps/min (bouts) |
62.4% |
51.59 |
0.96 (0.93-0.99)† |
0.90 |
0.87 |
0.78 |
0.89 |
0.78† |
Steps bottom 240 min |
0.9 steps |
1.59 |
0.52 (0.42-0.62) |
0.03 |
1.00 |
0.03 |
0.52 |
0.03 |
Steps bottom 360 min |
0.5 steps |
13.49 |
0.62 (0.52-0.72)* |
0.25 |
0.98 |
0.24 |
0.62 |
0.24† |
Steps bottom 480 min |
0.2 steps |
41.27 |
0.75 (0.66-0.84)† |
0.65 |
0.83 |
0.48 |
0.74 |
0.48† |
Steps bottom 600 min |
28.4 steps |
46.03 |
0.83 (0.75-0.90)† |
0.73 |
0.81 |
0.54 |
0.77 |
0.54† |
%TP, Percentage of total positive cases according to the specified cut-off point; AUC (95% CI), Area Under the Curve (95% confident interval); Se, Sensitivity; Sp, Specificity; J max, Youden’s index; P, Percentage of agreement; k, Kappa coefficient; PC, Percentage.* p < 0.05,‡ p < 0.01† p < 0.001.