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Table 9 MAPE and MPE for the eight activities

From: Estimating metabolic equivalents for activities in daily life using acceleration and heart rate in wearable devices

Activity

MAPE [%]

MPE [%]

Prop.

Prev.

Prop.

Prev.

p-value

Stair descent

21.22

28.56

20.02

26.63

0.004

Slow walking

8.19

13.2

− 0.04

5.06

0.810

Normal walking

11.48

11.88

2.65

3.94

0.381

Brisk walking

15.59

11.79

4.27

− 2.15

0.614

Slow walking with load (5 kg)

15.82

15.84

1.44

− 15

< 0.001

Normal walking with load(3 kg)

16.23

7.47

4.31

− 1.87

0.873

Stair ascent

9.61

58.70

– 2.24

− 58.70

< 0.001

Jogging

11.66

11.41

2.1

2.47

0.927

MIG

14.88

15.31

5.77

3.32

0.611

HIG

10.50

36.95

− 0.36

− 30.56

< 0.001

  1. The p-values were obtained by Wilcoxon signed-rank test for each activity between proposed and previous in MPE. There was a significant difference in three activities in MPE (p < 0.05)
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