Tracking of pedometer-determined physical activity in adults who relocate: results from RESIDE

Table 1 Sex-and age-category strata of mean ± SD steps/day

	T1 Steps/day	T2 Steps/day	Pearson's r	Spearman's r	Δ = T2 – T1 Steps/day (95% CI)
Youngest-29.9 years
Males (n = 77)	9,610 ± 4,558	9,471 ± 4,247	.650*	.651*	-139 ± 3,695 (-977, 700)
Females (n = 103)	8,076 ± 3,324	7,981 ± 3,322	.567*	.566*	-94 ± 3,091 (-698, 510)
30–39.9 years
Males (n = 148)	8,973 ± 3,430	8,932 ± 3,209	.627*	.541*	-41 ± 2,876 (-509, 427)
Females (n = 245)	8,859 ± 3,177	9,174 ± 3,091	.555*	.523*	315 ± 2,957 (-57, 687)
40–49.9 years
Males (n = 118)	9,067 ± 3,720	8,660 ± 3,186	.610*	.560*	-407 ± 3,088 (-970, 156)
Females (n = 165)	9,017 ± 2,936	9,170 ± 3,080	.530*	.543*	153 ± 2,920 (-296, 602)
50–59.9 years
Males (n = 89)	7,833 ± 2,908	7,733 ± 3,410	.529*	.533*	-100 ± 3,097 (-752, 553)
Females (n = 111)	8,749 ± 3,702	8,342 ± 3,189	.606*	.645*	-407 ± 3,091 (-988, 174)
60-oldest
Males (n = 59)	7,982 ± 3,261	7,206 ± 3,298	.596*	.542*	-776 ± 2,946 (-1,544, -8)
Females (n = 60)	7,139 ± 2,780	6,732 ± 3,260	.238	.304*	-408 ± 3,747 (-1,376, 561)
Total sample
Males (n = 491)	8,769 ± 3,635	8,527 ± 3,494	.621*	.572*	-243 ± 3,112 (-519, 33)
Females (n = 684)	8,610 ± 3,240	8,644 ± 3,235	.550*	.551*	34 ± 3,071 (-197, 264)

Note: 19 was the youngest in males, 20 in females; 78 was the oldest in males, 71 in females.*correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

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