Table 3

Absolute reliability of physical activity and sedentary behaviour (hours/day) for the ActiGraph GT3X+ VM, VT and activPAL3

Activity typeActiGraph GT3X+activPAL3
Vector Magnitude
ICC (95% CI)
(% time)
Vertical Axis
ICC (95% CI)
(% time)
ICC (95% CI)
(% time)
Light activity0.87 (0.73 to 0.94)0.91 (0.82 to 0.96)0.90 (0.79 to 0.95)
Moderate activity0.88 (0.75 to 0.95)0.66 (0.30 to 0.84)0.87 (0.72 to 0.94)
Vigorous0.87 (0.72 to 0.94)0.89 (0.77 to 0.95)N/A
MVPA0.88 (0.75 to 0.94)0.67 (0.31 to 0.84)0.87 (0.72 to 0.94)
Sedentary behaviour0.91 (0.81 to 0.96)0.93 (0.86 to 0.97)0.93 (0.85 to 0.97)
  • Note: ICCs reported for the per cent of wear time for each behaviour category.

  • ICC, intraclass correlation coefficients; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous activity; VM, Vector Magnitude; VT, Vertical Axis.