Step counts of non-white minority children and youth by gender, grade level, race/ethnicity, and mode of school transportation.

Background: The purposes of this study were to describe and analyze the steps/d of nonwhite minority children and youth by gender, grade level, race/ethnicity, and mode of school transportation. A secondary purpose was to compare the steps/d of minority children and youth to their Caucasian grade-level counterparts.

Methods: Participants were 547 minority youth grades 5 to 8 from 4 urban schools.