Table 6.  Pearson’s correlation coefficients for time spent sedentary and in hard physical activity (characterized using sample-specific thresholds), vs. fitness (VO2peak), waist circumference (WC) and blood pressure (SBP, DBP) measurements in all children with valid measurements (n = 47).

VARIABLE

WC
(cm)

VO2peak (ml·kg-1·min-1)

SBP
(mm Hg)

DBP
(mm Hg)

Sedentary (min·day-1)

.19

-.20

-.01

.06

Hard physical activity  (min·day-1)

-.34 *

.34 *

.08

.07

* p < 0.05.