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Table 3 Actigraph thresholds for light to maximal intensity (in VO2max%) for men and women of different fitness tertiles

From: New relative intensity ambulatory accelerometer thresholds for elderly men and women: the Generation 100 study

Relative Intensity

 

Vertical Axis (cpm)

Vector Magnitude (cpm)

Intensity

VO2max (%)

 

Pooled

Low Fitness

Medium Fitness

High Fitness

Pooled

Low Fitness

Medium Fitness

High Fitness

  

Men

(N = 49)

(N = 17)

(N = 23)

(N = 9)

(N = 49)

(N = 17)

(N = 23)

(N = 9)

Light

37−45

 

56−266

51−204

57−289

60−421

611−1652

399−833

735−2004

2167−3047

Moderate

46−63

 

267−1971

205−1102

290−2254

422−3131

1653−3016

834−2011

2005−3285

3048−4048

Vigorous

64−90

 

1972−3878

1103−3001

2255−4097

3132−4747

3017−4581

2012−3688

3286−4802

4049−5423

Near-max to max

≥91

 

>3879

>3002

>4098

>4748

>4582

>3689

>4803

>5424

Intensity

VO2max (%)

 

Pooled

Low Fitness

Medium Fitness

High Fitness

Pooled

Low Fitness

Medium Fitness

High Fitness

  

Women

(N = 48)

(N = 16)

(N = 22)

(N = 10)

(N = 48)

(N = 16)

(N = 22)

(N = 10)

Light

37−45

 

60−212

55−175

62−223

67−269

465−1076

347−668

513−1268

790−2116

Moderate

46−63

 

213−1217

175−788

224−1380

270−2024

1077−2424

669−1624

1269−2662

2117−3367

Vigorous

64−90

 

1218−3157

789−2438

1381−3345

2025−3920

2425−4078

1625−3266

2663−4283

3368−4868

Near-max to max

≥91

 

>3158

>2439

>3346

>3921

>4079

>3267

>4284

>4869

  1. Fitness tertiles for (1) women: Low <23.6 ml · kg−1 · min−1, Med = 23.6−29.8 ml · kg−1 · min−1, high > 29.8 ml · kg−1 · min−1,pooled = all tertiles of fitness together (2) men: Low < 27.0 ml · kg−1 · min−1, Med = 27.0−35.6 ml · kg−1 · min−1,High >35.6 ml · kg−1 · min−1, pooled = all tertiles of fitness together
  2. Abbreviations: VO 2max Maximal Oxygen Uptake, VA vertical axis, VM vector magnitude, cpm CPM