Table 6. 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 having less than 69% of the day in sedentary behavior.
| Step-based index |
Cut-off point |
Not meeting |
Meeting |
Mann-Whitney U test |
RR (95% CI)a |
| n |
Mdn (IQR) |
n |
Mdn (IQR) |
Z |
p |
r |
| Uncensored total steps |
7,773 steps |
52 |
39.0 (7.9) |
74 |
41.1 (8.1) |
1,213 |
0.225 |
0.11 |
1.89 (0.91-3.92) |
| Censored total steps |
6,836 steps |
65 |
38.5 (7.9) |
61 |
41.1 (7.6) |
1.614 |
0.107 |
0.14 |
1.77 (0.87-3.60) |
| Uncensored steps/ min |
7.4 steps/ min |
64 |
38.5 (7.9) |
62 |
41.1 (8.4) |
2.093 |
0.036 |
0.19 |
1.90 (0.93-3.88) |
| Censored steps/ min |
38.8 steps/ min |
43 |
39.4 (7.9) |
83 |
41.1 (8.9) |
0.648 |
0.494 |
0.06 |
1.29 (0.61-2.73) |
| Minutes 0 steps/ min |
652.9 min |
52 |
41.1 (7.9) |
74 |
41.1 (7.9) |
0.276 |
0.783 |
0.02 |
1.26 (0.61-2.57) |
| Minutes < 5 steps/ min |
911.4 min |
52 |
41.1 (7.9) |
74 |
41.1 (7.9) |
0.736 |
0.445 |
0.07 |
1.10 (0.54-2.25) |
| Steps < 5 steps/ min |
473.6 steps |
57 |
41.1 (8.1) |
69 |
41.1 (7.9) |
1.148 |
0.251 |
0.10 |
0.59 (0.29-1.19) |
| PC minutes 0 steps/ min |
51.8% |
89 |
40.3 (7.9) |
37 |
41.1 (7.6) |
0.903 |
0.367 |
0.08 |
1.82 (0.84-3.94) |
| PC minutes < 5 steps/ min |
74.7% |
88 |
39.4 (7.9) |
38 |
41.1 (7.3) |
1.147 |
0.251 |
0.10 |
1.68 (0.78-3.62) |
| PC steps < 5 steps/ min |
5.6% |
62 |
39.0 (7.9) |
64 |
41.1 (7.8) |
1.506 |
0.132 |
0.13 |
1.49 (0.73-3.02) |
| Minutes 0 steps/ min (bouts) |
321.1 min |
68 |
41.1 (7.9) |
58 |
41.1 (7.9) |
0.376 |
0.707 |
0.03 |
1.42 (0.70-2.88) |
| Minutes < 5 steps/ min (bouts) |
737.2 min |
51 |
41.1 (8.9) |
75 |
40.3 (7.9) |
1.100 |
0.271 |
0.10 |
1.04 (0.51-2.12) |
| PC minutes 0 steps/ min (bouts) |
28.3% |
55 |
41.1 (7.9) |
71 |
41.1 (7.0) |
0.326 |
0.745 |
0.03 |
1.49 (0.73-3.04) |
| PC minutes <5 steps/min (bouts) |
62.4% |
61 |
41.1 (7.9) |
65 |
41.1 (7.9) |
0.397 |
0.692 |
0.04 |
1.23 (0.61-2.50) |
| Steps bottom 240 min |
0.9 steps |
124 |
41.1. (7.9) |
2 |
40.8 (-) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Steps bottom 360 min |
0.5 steps |
109 |
41.1 (7.9) |
17 |
41.1 (8.0) |
0.283 |
0.777 |
0.03 |
1.17 (0.42-3.27) |
| Steps bottom 480 min |
0.2 steps |
74 |
39.4 (7.9) |
52 |
41.1 (7.8) |
1.007 |
0.314 |
0.09 |
1.77 (0.87-3.64) |
| Steps bottom 600 min |
28.4 steps |
68 |
40.3 (7.9) |
58 |
41.1 (8.1) |
0.280 |
0.780 |
0.02 |
1.42 (0.70-2.88) |
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).
