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Table 1 Physical activity levels before and after a cardiovascular event, CoLaus|PsyCoLaus study, Lausanne, Switzerland

From: It needs more than a myocardial infarction to start exercising: the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus prospective study

 

Before

After

P-value

Self-reported time (min/day), N = 37

   

Sedentary

513 [450–635]

535 [465–642]

0.444

Light

151 [77–259]

166 [126–222]

0.380

Moderate

167 [104–250]

153 [109–240]

0.409

Vigorous

19 [0–48]

9 [0–31]

0.308

Self-reported (% time)

   

Sedentary

55.7 [48.4–67.2]

60.5 [48.1–68.8]

0.690

Light

16.3 [9.1–27.8]

16.8 [14.8–23.1]

0.485

Moderate

18.7 [11.1–26.2]

16.3 [11.1–25.2]

0.325

Vigorous

2 [0–5.2]

0.9 [0–3.9]

0.321

Accelerometer-assessed time (min/day), N = 32

   

Sedentary

750 [711 ; 808]

715 [688 ; 761]

0.048

Light

97 [81 ; 122]

87 [67 ; 111]

0.106

Moderate

18 [16 ; 28]

20 [11 ; 26]

0.184

Vigorous

1 [1 ; 3]

2 [1 ; 2]

0.567

Accelerometer-assessed (% time)

   

Sedentary

86.6 [83.4 ; 89.1]

86.3 [84.2 ; 90.0]

0.564

Light

10.7 [8.5 ; 13.4]

10.6 [8.4 ; 12.7]

0.500

Moderate

2.2 [1.8 ; 3.1]

2.4 [1.4 ; 3.2]

0.421

Vigorous

0.1 [0.1 ; 0.3]

0.2 [0.1 ; 0.2]

0.599

Walking metrics (N = 30)

   

Steps / day

5961 [4734–8354]

5487 [4395–6760]

0.245

Mean cadence, steps / min

111 [108–112]

107 [106–109]

< 0.001

Mean walking bouts, sec

39 [37–42]

38 [35–42]

0.505