Table 2

Number of sedentary bouts/day, percentage of sedentary bouts and percentage of sedentary time of various bout durations (n=1403)

Bout duration (min)Number of sedentary bouts per day, mean (SD)*Sedentary bouts, mean (SD) (%)†Sedentary time, mean (SD) (%)‡
1+71.6 (15.7)100100
5+27.5 (4.6)39.6 (7.6)86.5 (5.0)
10+16.5 (2.7)24.3 (7.2)74.5 (8.4)
20+8.5 (1.9)12.9 (5.8)56.5 (11.8)
30+5.1 (1.6)8 (4.7)43.2 (13.2)
40+3.3 (1.3)5.2 (3.8)33.1 (13.2)
50+2.1 (1.1)3.5 (3.1)25.1 (12.7)
60+1.4 (0.9)2.4 (2.6)18.8 (11.7)
70+0.9 (0.7)1.6 (2.2)14.1 (10.7)
80+0.6 (0.6)1.1 (1.9)10.5 (9.6)
90+0.4 (0.4)0.8 (1.7)7.7 (8.5)
100+0.3 (0.4)0.6 (1.5)5.8 (7.5)
110+0.2 (0.3)0.4 (1.4)4.4 (6.6)
120+0.1 (0.2)0.3 (1.3)3.3 (6.1)
  • *A bout of sedentary behaviour is a period of consecutive minutes where the accelerometer registers <100 cpm.

  • †Percentage of sedentary bouts, number of sedentary bouts of n min/number of sedentary bouts of 1 min.

  • ‡Percentage of sedentary time, length of sedentary bouts of n min/length of sedentary bouts of 1 min.