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Table 3 Differences in duration of activity during the night, morning, afternoon and evening between COPD patients with low and high morning symptom scores

From: Physical activity in the morning and afternoon is lower in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with morning symptoms

 

Morning symptom score < 17.0 (N = 41)

Morning symptoms score ≥ 17.0 (N = 38)

P-value

Steps

Night

97 [50–173]

92 [50–138]

0.60

Morning

2117 (1552)

1448 (1069)

0.030

Afternoon

3196 (2352)

2183 (1025)

0.015

Evening

1145 (858)

943 (861)

0.30

Active time (in min, mean (SD) or median [IQR])

Night

6 [2–11]

6 [3–10]

0.76

Morning

91 (39)

79 (40)

0.18

Afternoon

122 (45)

102 (38)

0.040

Evening

52 [37–79]

42 [33–77]

0.19

Standing (in min, mean (SD) or median [IQR])

Night

3 [1;7]

4 [2;8]

0.62

Morning

56 (24)

53 (28)

0.61

Afternoon

71 (25)

64 (26)

0.23

Evening

40 (24)

37 (28)

0.59

Shuffling (in min, mean (SD) or median [IQR])

Night

0 [0;1]

1 [0;1]

0.77

Morning

9 (6)

8 (5)

0.33

Afternoon

12 (7)

11 (6)

0.44

Evening

5 [2;8]

4 [2;6]

0.32

Walking (in min, mean (SD) or median [IQR])

Night

13 [7–19]

9 [6–15]

0.11

Morning

26 (17)

18 (12)

0.020

Afternoon

38 (24)

27 (12)

0.010

Evening

15 (10)

12 (10)

0.23

Inactive time (in min, mean (SD) or median [IQR])

Night

354 [349–358]

354 [350–357]

0.88

Morning

265 (40)

278 (39)

0.14

Afternoon

238 (44)

257 (37)

0.043

Evening

299 (33)

305 (36)

0.41

Lying (in min, mean (SD) or median [IQR])

Night

343 [322–353]

343 [330–355]

0.89

Morning

140 (52)

161 (74)

0.15

Afternoon

27 [5–50]

34 [12–68]

0.14

Evening

90 [44–138]

83 [53–151]

0.71

Sitting (in min, mean (SD) or median [IQR])

Night

9 [3–22]

10 [2–22]

0.74

Morning

125 (38)

117 (51)

0.45

Afternoon

203 (41)

205 (51)

0.85

Evening

198 (68)

195 (78)

0.86

  1. Night N = 78, morning N = 78, afternoon N = 79, evening N = 78
  2. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation