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Impact Of Accelerometer Data Processing Decisions On The Sample Size, Wear Time And Physical Activity Level Of A Large Cohort Study, Sarah Kozey Keadle, Eric Shiroma, Patty Freedson, I-Min Lee
Impact Of Accelerometer Data Processing Decisions On The Sample Size, Wear Time And Physical Activity Level Of A Large Cohort Study, Sarah Kozey Keadle, Eric Shiroma, Patty Freedson, I-Min Lee
Patty S. Freedson
Background Accelerometers objectively assess physical activity (PA) and are currently used in several large-scale epidemiological studies, but there is no consensus for processing the data. This study compared the impact of wear-time assessment methods and using either vertical (V)-axis or vector magnitude (VM) cut-points on accelerometer output. Methods Participants (7,650 women, mean age 71.4 y) were mailed an accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+), instructed to wear it for 7 days, record dates and times the monitor was worn on a log, and return the monitor and log via mail. Data were processed using three wear-time methods (logs, Troiano or Choi algorithms) and …