Table 3 Data quantity thresholds applied and the amount of data removed or available for analysis

Defining valid days and the number of valid days

≥6 h per day for ≥3 days

Excluded n = 19 (9.2%)¹¹⁹; n = 3 (2.4%)^29,30; n = 24 (32.4%)¹²⁰; n = 19 (9.1%)¹²¹; NR⁸¹

≥8 h per day for ≥10 days

Excluded n = 2 (10.5%)²⁰; NR¹²²

≥10 h per day for ≥2 days

NR^{123,124,125,126}

≥10 h per day for ≥3 days

Excluded n = 2 (3.6%)^127,128; n = 17 (31.5%)¹²⁹; n = 10 (8.8%)¹³⁰

≥10 h per day for ≥4 days

Excluded n = 2 (6.7%)¹³¹; n = 7 (14.6%)¹³²; n = 11 (16.7%)¹³³ ; NR^{56,134,135,136,137,138}

≥10 h per day for ≥5 days

Excluded n = 38 (14.7%)¹³⁹; NR¹⁴⁰

≥16 h per day for ≥4 days

76% valid data at baseline, 52% at 12 months⁵⁷

≥19 h per day for ≥7 days

NR⁵⁰

≥1368 min per day for 7 days

Excluded n = 13 (9.2%)³⁶; NR¹⁴¹

<10% missing data per day for ≥7 days

Excluded n = 4,345 (4.2%)¹¹⁷

data in each hour of 24 h day for ≥6 days

Excluded n = 6,020 (5.8%)¹¹⁷

<1 h non-wear per night for 4 nights

Excluded n = 2 (6.7%)¹³¹

Defining valid days only

≥19 h per day

NR^24,48,49

≥20 h per day

NR⁷³

≥21 h per day

NR^75,111

≥ 23 h per day

NR¹⁴²

24 h

Excluded n = 3 (4.8%)¹⁴³

Defining the number of days/nights only

≥3 days

Excluded n = 11 (4.4%)⁴⁶; n = 2 (8.3%)¹⁴⁴; n = 1 (2.5%) at baseline & n = 19 (47.5%) at 6 months¹⁴⁵; NR¹⁰⁶

≥3 nights

Excluded n = 10 (5.0%)²⁸; NR⁸⁰

≥5 days

NR⁷⁴

≥7 days

Excluded n = 2 (11.8%)⁵¹

≥10 days

Excluded n = 2 (3.2%)⁵²

Using data values

≥300 steps recorded

NR^31,53

>0 steps recorded

NR⁵⁴

Other

total wear time ≥72 h

n = 6,978 (6.7%)¹¹⁸

average on-body time ≥1368 min per day

n = 4 (3.4%)¹⁴⁶; NR^147,148

continuous recordings of ≥8 

NR¹⁴⁹

>10 missing endpoints (derived from either passive data or imaging)

n = 16 (21.3%)⁷⁷