Skip to main content

Table 4 Concurrent validity for self-reported physical activity and accelerometer derived physical activity

From: Device-measured sedentary behavior and physical activity in older adults differ by demographic and health-related factors

Characteristics (n)

≥ 150 min/week MVPA steppinga

≥ 7000 steps/day

≥ 5000 steps/day

 

Spearman’s rho

Kappa (95% CI)

Spearman’s rho

Kappa (95% CI)

Spearman’s rho

Kappa (95% CI)

All (619)

0.28

0.21 (0.15–0.28)

0.31

0.25 (0.18–0.32)

0.32

0.32 (0.22–0.42)

Women (400)

0.27

0.20 (0.13–0.28)

0.30

0.23 (0.15–0.31)

0.31

0.30 (0.18–0.42)

Men (219)

0.29

0.22 (0.12–0.32)

0.34

0.30 (0.17–0.42)

0.36

0.36 (0.19–0.54)

Age group

 66 years (361)

0.29

0.25 (0.14–0.36)

0.35

0.32 (0.20–0.44)

0.31

0.29 (0.12–0.46)

 81–87 years (229)

0.24

0.14 (0.07–0.21)

0.25

0.17 (0.08–0.25)

0.32

0.30 (0.16–0.44)

  ≥ 90 years (29)

0.26#

0.12 (−0.01–0.25)

0.22#

0.10 (−0.01–0.21)

0.27#

0.20 (−0.04–0.45)

Education

  ≤ High school (268)

0.28

0.22 (0.13–0.30)

0.25

0.19 (0.10–0.27)

0.38

0.37 (0.23–0.51)

 University (351)

0.25

0.19 (0.10–0.27)

0.35

0.29 (0.18–0.40)

0.23

0.23 (0.08–0.38)

Marital status

 Living alone (275)

0.32

0.25 (0.15–0.34)

0.30

0.23 (0.14–0.32)

0.31

0.30 (0.17–0.44)

 Married/partner (344)

0.23

0.17 (0.08–0.25)

0.31

0.25 (0.15–0.35)

0.31

0.32 (0.16–0.47)

Body mass index

 Underweight < 20 (22)

0.42#

0.40 (−0.07–0.87)

0.53

0.43 (0.07–0.79)

0.23#

0.23 (−0.31–0.76)

 Normal 20–24 (278)

0.25

0.19 (0.09–0.30)

0.24

0.20 (0.08–0.31)

0.39

0.38 (0.21–0.56)

 Overweight 25–29 (233)

0.23

0.16 (0.07–0.26)

0.30

0.23 (0.12–0.34)

0.29

0.28 (0.12–0.44)

 Obese ≥30 (85)

0.32

0.21 (0.09–0.33)

0.33

0.25 (0.10–0.39)

0.24

0.24 (0.01–0.47)

Physical function

 5 STS, not able to (59)

0.23#

0.14 (0.01–0.26)

0.20#

0.13 (−0.02–0.28)

0.39

0.35 (0.14–0.57)

 5 STS, able to (555)

0.27

0.20 (0.13–0.27)

0.31

0.25 (0.17–0.32)

0.28

0.28 (0.16–0.39)

  1. aMVPA stepping: ≥100 steps/min. #Non-significant. CI = confidence interval; MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; 5 STS = 5 times sit to stand test