Brantley K Ballenger, Stanley P Brown, Robert W Motl, Bo Fernhall, Stamatis Agiovlasitis
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Previous studies have reported that adults with Down syndrome (DS) may perform less physical activity (PA) and more sedentary behavior (SB) than adults without DS (non-DS). We investigated differences in PA and SB profiles between DS and non-DS when utilizing newly developed population-specific activity-intensity cut points. Ninety adults (DS: 40; non-DS: 50) had PA and SB measured by accelerometry. Data were scored with cut points for DS and non-DS. Results from 2 × 2 (Condition × Sex) analysis of covariance indicated adults with DS had less sedentary but more moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) time, more ≥1-min but less ≥10-, ≥30-, and ≥ 60-min sedentary bouts, and shorter ≥1- and ≥10-min sedentary bouts than non-DS. DS also had more ≥10-min MVPA bouts but shorter ≥10- and ≥20-min MVPA bouts than non-DS. DS performed more MVPA and less SB than non-DS when scoring data with population-specific cut points.