Table 4 Overview of some selected studies in which physical activity level (PAL) values were measured in children with similar (or with considerable overlapping) age range in studies using the doubly labeled water technique

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

Author

Sample studied

 

PAL

Boys

Girls

Ball et al. [34]

Australian

   

Children (6–10 years)

 

1.69

1.71

n = 106 (52 B; 54 G)

   

REEp

   

Dugas et al. [30]

USA

   

Children (6–10 years)

   

European–American (n = 27; 16 B; 11 G)

 

1.58

1.66

Mexican–Americann (n = 20; 10 B; 10 G)

 

1.57

1.40

REEm

   

Davidsson et al. [31]

Kuwaiti

 

1.61

1.51

Obese children (7–9 years)

   

n = 35 (18 B; 17 G)

   

REEp

   

Komura et al. [32]

Japanese

   

Children (10–12 years)

 

1.60

1.56

n = 56 (33 B; 23 G)

   

BMRp

   

Present study

Mauritian

Indian

1.58

1.43

Children (7–11 years)

(16 B; 19 G)

  

n = 51 (26 B, 25 G)

Creole

1.65

1.61

BMRp

(10 B, 6 G)

  
  1. All PAL values are means. For REE or BMR which are used to calculate PAL, the subscripts ‘m’ and ‘p’ refer to ‘measured’ and ‘predicted’, respectively
  2. B boys, G girls
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