Table 1

Physical activity classification by the combined leisure time and occupational time SGPALS (n=4040)

Light LPA
(n=532)		Moderate LPA (n=2429)Hard LPA (n=969)Very hard LPA (n=109)
Light OPA (n=2263)Inactive
(n=349, 8.6%)
PAL: 1.4		Moderately inactive
(n=1346, 33.3%)
PAL: 1.5		Active
(n=507, 12.6%)
PAL: 1.7		Active
(n=61, 1.5%)
PAL: 1.9
Moderate OPA
(n=1018)		Moderately inactive
(n=105, 2.6%)
PAL: 1.5		Moderately active
(n=648, 16.0%)
PAL: 1.6		Active
(n=234, 5.8%)
PAL: 1.8		Active
(n=31, 0.8%)
PAL: 2.0
Heavy OPA (n=651)Moderately active
(n=61, 1.5%)
PAL: 1.6		Active
(n=386, 9.6%)
PAL: 1.7		Active
(n=190, 4.7%)
PAL: 1.9		Active
(n=14, 0.3%)
PAL: 2.2
Very Heavy OPA
(n=108)		Active
(n=17, 0.4%)
PAL: 1.7		Active
(n=50, 1.2%)
PAL: 1.8		Active
(n=38, 0.9%)
PAL: 2.1		Active
(n=3, 0.1%)
PAL: 2.3

  • Data are shown as n and %. The number of participants and percentage distribution derives from our study sample. The assigned PAL value derives from Johansson and Westerterp,25 who divided energy expenditure obtained from doubly labelled water by the estimated basal metabolic rate of their participants.

  • LPA, leisure time physical activity; OPA, occupational time physical activity; PAL, physical activity level; SGPALS, Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale.