Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) for assessing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour of older adults in the United Kingdom

Table 2 Analysis of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity data as measured by IPAQ and accelerometer

Physical activity measurement tool	Median minutes of MVPA per week (SD)	Inter quartile range	Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test	Spearman’s Rank Correlations
IPAQ	965.0 (1064.6)	340.0–1785.0	0.001	.52^a
Accelerometer	1291.0 (488.7)	917.3–1642.8	0.001	.52^a
Males
IPAQ	780.0 (1049.2)	347.5–1575.0	0.011	.56^a
Accelerometer	1174.0 (469.1)	798.0–1495.0	0.011	.56^a
Females
IPAQ	1140.0 (1081.7)	326.3–1867.5	0.024	.43^a
Accelerometer	1371.8 (481.3)	1132.6–1750.1	0.024	.43^a

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