Reliability and validity of the international physical activity questionnaire in the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT) population of men

Table 2 Means and standard deviations for responses to physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ short version, last 7 days) and criterion measures

Measures	N	Mean	SD
Vigorous activity days/week	107	1.78	1.80
Vigorous activity hours/day	104	1.29	1.86
Moderate activity days/week	106	2.18	2.04
Moderate activity hours/day	93	1.27	1.67
Walking 10 min. days/week	105	3.55	2.71
Walking hours/day	95	1.11	2.22
Sitting hours/day	92	5.91	3.5
Total IPAQ METs min/week	84	4157.07	6095.86
3 PA categories	84	2.12	0.75
BMI	108	26.3	3.16
BMI 3 categories	108	1.81	0.63
VO_2max (mL·kg^-1·min^-1)	108	45.99	6.24
ActiReg
EE (MJ¹⁾)	93	12.71	1.82
PAL²⁾	93	1.68	0.2
METs1–3³⁾	93	20.97	1.34
METs3–6³⁾	93	2.69	1.26
METs 6+³⁾	93	0.27	0.26

¹⁾ average EE (MJ) per day
²⁾ PAL = average physical activity level in 7 days
³⁾ METs = average hours per day
3 PA categories = Classification of physical activity in three levels; "low", "moderate" and "high"
BMI (Body Mass Index) 3 categories = Classification of BMI in three levels ; "normal" (< 25 kg/m²), "overweight" (25–29.99) and "obese" (≥30 kg/m²)

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