Physical activity in patients with oligo- and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis diagnosed in the era of biologics: a controlled cross-sectional study

Table 2 Physical activity measured by accelerometers in patients with JIA and controls

Accelerometer variables	Oligo JIA (n = 28)	Poly JIA (n = 27)	P-value oligo vs poly JIA	JIA total (n = 55)	Controls (n = 56)	P-value JIA total vs controls
Counts per minute ^a	437 (140)	478 (233)	0.43	457 (91)	479 (132)	0.48
Steps daily ^a	8932 (2307)	9563 (2951)	0.38	9242 (2637)	9694 (2572)	0.36
Sedentary PA daily (min) ^b	580 (11)	573 (11)	0.63	577 (7)	573 (7)	0.86
Light PA daily (min) ^b	186 (9)	192 (9)	0.65	190 (6)	182 (6)	0.38
Moderate PA daily (min) ^b	32 (2)	34 (2)	0.44	33 (2)	36 (2)	0.09
Vigorous PA daily (min) ^b	21 (2)	20 (2)	0.88	21 (2)	26 (2)	0.02
Achieves 60 min MVPA daily, n (%)	10 (36)	8 (30)	0.63	18 (33)	27 (48)	0.10
Accelerometer wear time (min) ^a	812 (60)	827 (34)	0.25	819 (49)	816 (46)	0.71

JIA juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Oligo JIA persistent oligoarticular JIA, Poly JIA extended oligoarticular JIA and polyarticular JIA RF +/−, JIA total persistent oligoarticular JIA, extended oligoarticular JIA and polyarticular JIA RF +/−, RF rheumatoid factor, PA physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
^aMean (SD). ^b Mean (SE) adjusted for accelerometer wear time

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