Table 3 Mean and standard deviation (SD) of step counts on weekdays and weekend, as well as when expressed as weekly average (i.e., average across weekdays and weekend)

From: Total energy expenditure assessed by doubly labeled water technique and estimates of physical activity in Mauritian children: analysis by gender and ethnicity

 

GENDER

GENDER/ETHNICITY

ANOVA

  

Boys

Girls

Gender (G) effect

Ethnic (E) effect

G–E interaction

Boys

Girls

Indian

Creole

Indian

Creole

n = 22

n = 23

n = 14

n = 8

n = 18

n = 5

   

Weekday Counts/day

15741 ± 4445

12895* ± 4909

14613 ± 4417

17715 ± 4005

12486 ± 4675

14368 ± 6014

P = 0.09

P = 0.12

ns

Weekend Counts/day

15059 ± 5623

12364§ ± 5665

14254 ± 6054

16268 ± 5045

10820 ± 4602

17923 ± 6094

ns

P < 0.05

ns

Weekly average Counts/day

15358 ± 4483

12715§ ± 4492

14374 ± 4586

17080 ± 3988

11976 ± 3907

15379 ± 5895

ns

P < 0.05

ns

  1. ns  not significant
  2. *p < 0.05 ; §p = 0.1
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