Table 6 Pearson’s correlation coefficients for time spent sedentary and in hard physical activity (characterized using sample-specific thresholds), vs. fitness (VO), waist circumference (WC) and blood pressure (SBP, DBP) measurements in all children with valid measurements (n = 47).
VARIABLE |
WC (cm) |
VO2peak (ml·kg-1·min-1) |
SBP (mm Hg) |
DBP (mm Hg) |
Sedentary (min·day-1) |
.19 |
-.20 |
-.01 |
.06 |
Hard physical activity (min·day-1) |
-.34 * |
.34 * |
.08 |
.07 |
* p < 0.05.