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Table 4 MET-valuesa (y) regressed on total body fat (%) (x) for non-pregnant women (n = 22) when performing standardised activitiesb

From: MET-values of standardised activities in relation to body fat: studies in pregnant and non-pregnant women

Equation no

Activity

Slope

Intercept

r

p

1.

Sitting

− 0.0077

1.489

−0.59

0.004

2.

Cycling, 30 watts

−0.0162

3.963

−0.52

0.014

3.

Cycling, 60 watts

−0.0246

5.725

−0.44

0.042

4.

Walking, 3.2 km/h

0.0225

2.795

0.54

0.009

5.

Walking, 5.6 km/h

0.0393

4.261

0.56

0.006

6.

Running, 8 km/hc

0.0682

8.222

0.53

0.015

  1. MET Metabolic equivalent of task; a Energy expenditure of a woman when performing a specific activity divided by her basal metabolic rate as described in subjects and methods; b Values given are slopes and intercepts of the regression line and correlation coefficients (r) with their p-values; c (n = 21)