TABLE 4

Relationships between energy expenditure/physical activity and parameters of the accelerometer

TEEDLWPALDLW
rp-valuerp-value
Steps per day0.185ns0.377<0.05
Sedentary time min0.022ns0.088ns
Light walking time min0.055ns0.191ns
Moderate walking time min0.205ns0.362<0.05
Vigorous walking time min0.380<0.050.246ns
Light daily activity time min0.385<0.050.465<0.01
Moderate daily activity time min0.551<0.0010.471<0.01
TEEACC kcal·day−10.854<0.00010.554<0.001
PALACC0.531<0.0010.642<0.0001
AEEACC kcal·day−10.722<0.00010.635<0.0001

TEE: total energy expenditure; DLW: doubly labelled water; PALDLW: physical activity level using TEEDLW; ACC: accelerometer; AEE: activity energy expenditure; ns: nonsignificant.