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Table 2 Physical activities and sedentary time, all participants in total and stratified by sex

From: Validation of two short questionnaires assessing physical activity in colorectal cancer patients

Physical activity (min/week)a

NORDIET-FFQ

SWA

NORDIET-FFQ/SWA

p-valuesb

Total (n = 78)

Men (n = 42)

Women (n = 36)

Total (n = 78)

Men (n = 42)

Women (n = 36)

ptot

pmale

pfemale

Median

(P5, P95)

Median

(P5, P95)

Median

(P5, P95)

Median

(P5, P95)

Median

(P5, P95)

Median

(P5, P95)

   

MVPA

247 (0,691)

226 (0,812)

247 (0,641)

187 (12,881)

200 (2,1342)

169 (24,615)

0.897

0.759

0.838

MPA

152 (0,469)

159 (0,469)

152 (0,469)

187 (12,691)

200 (2872)

169 (11,615)

0.007

0.050

0.090

VPA

0 (0,219)

0 (0,256)

0 (0,236)

0 (0,42)

0 (0,44)

0 (0,43)

< 0.001

0.011

0.005

 

HUNT-PAQ

SWA

HUNT-PAQ/SWA

p-valuesb

 

Total (n = 77)

Men (n = 42)

Women (n = 35)

Total (n = 77)

Men (n = 42)

Women (n = 35)

ptot

pmale

pfemale

MVPA

72 (0,504)

38 (0,504)

113 (0,389)

182 (11,881)

200 (2,1342)

156 (23,618)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

MPA

55 (0,504)

38 (0,504)

113 (0,353)

182 (11,696)

200 (2872)

156 (11,618)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.002

Sedentary time (h/day)

6 (0,12)

6 (0,13)

7 (0,12)

13 (10,15)

13 (10,15)

13 (10,15)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. NORDIET-FFQ Norwegian Dietary Guidelines Food Frequency Questionnaire, HUNT-PAQ HUNT Physical Activity Questionnaire, SWA SenseWear Armband, MVPA (moderate intensity physical activity 10 min bouts + (vigorous intensity physical activity 10 min bouts*2)); bouts of 10 min = sum of at least 10 consecutive minutes of activity and above, MPA moderate intensity physical activity in bouts of 10 min, VPA vigorous intensity physical activity in bouts of 10 min
  2. aPhysical activity levels based on Norwegian Food Based Dietary Guidelines
  3. bWilcoxon signed rank test, p-values for median physical activity from NORDIET-FFQ, HUNT-PAQ and SWA, both total and between sex