Healthy controls | PwMS | p-value | Cohen’s d | ||
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N = 30 | N = 26 | ||||
Objective (SWAmini) | Step count (steps/hour) | 563.45 (±155.90) | 430.66 (±171.68) | .004 | 0.85 |
Mean METs (mean/day) | 1.77 (±.28) | 1.53 (±.16) | <.001 | 0.86 | |
Active METs (mean/day) | 4.41 (±.59) | 3.90 (±.46) | .001 | 0.86 | |
Total EE (kcal/hour) | 387.40 (±237.40) | 214.08 (±194.20) | .004 | 0.73 | |
Active EE (kcal/hour) | 118.13 (±110.65) | 37.89 (±41.73) | .001 | 0.75 | |
Active EE (MET*min/day) | 410.79 (±257.07) | 217.70 (±116.19) | .001 | 0.75 | |
LPA (min/hour) | 2.98 (±2.47) | 3.90 (±3.27) | .249 | 0.37 | |
MPA (min/hour) | 5.38 (±2.63) | 3.73 (±1.80) | .008 | 0.63 | |
MVPA (min/hour) | 6.23 (±3.21) | 3.91 (±1.93) | .002 | 0.72 | |
VPA (min/hour) | .844 (±.927) *3 | .176 (±.403) *6 | .001 | 0.72 | |
VVPA (min/hour) | .148 (±.426) *21 | .001 (±.002) *25 | .084 | 0.35 | |
Full days worn (days/period) | 7.23 (±1.36) | 7.81 (±1.77) | .220 | - | |
Mean daily wearing time (hours/day) | 15.38 (±1.73) | 14.29 (±1.58) | .017 | - | |
Self-perceived (IPAQ) | Walking duration (min/day) | 27.86 (45.71) *2 | 34.29 (71.14) *2 | .664 | |
MPA duration (min/day) | 51.43 (91.79) *6 | 0.00 (53.57) *14 | .010 | ||
MVPA duration (min/day) | 68.19 (101.79) *6 | 0.00 (60.00) *13 | .016 | ||
VPA duration (min/day) | 2.86 (25.71) *14 | 0.00 (17.14) *17 | .259 | ||
Total duration (min/day) | 108.57 (120.36) | 81.43 (135.00) | .327 | ||
Total EE (MET*min/day) | 516.57 (502.04) | 501.14 (596.44) | .440 | ||
Work EE (mean % of total EE and interquartile range) | 19.12% (31.22) *8, 6 unemployed | 12.66% (17.34) *5, 14 unemployed | .089 | ||
Transportation EE (mean % of total EE and interquartile range) | 34.41% (43.38) *2 | 28.42% (40.53) *2 | |||
Domestic EE (mean % of total EE and interquartile range) | 24.93% (22.43) *2 | 28.34% (33.76) *3 | |||
Leisure EE (mean % of total EE and interquartile range) | 21.54% (28.70) *4 | 30.58% (36.59) *2 | |||
IPAQ category (n and % of group): | .150 | ||||
Low | 5 (17.2%) | 10 (40.0%) | |||
Moderate | 21 (72.4%) | 14 (56.0%) | |||
High | 3 (10.3%) | 1 (4.0%) |