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Table 1 Characteristics of study population according to total physical activity, housework/gardening and daily screen-time

From: Relationship of obesity to physical activity, domestic activities, and sedentary behaviours: cross-sectional findings from a national cohort of over 70,000 Thai adults

 

total physical activity (per week)

housework/gardening (per week)

leisure screen-time (per day)

Total

 

<7 sessions

≥7 sessions

<2 times

≥2 times

<3 hours

≥3 hours

 

TOTAL (n)

31995

42986

33373

41608

35936

39045

74981

male (% [n])

33.3 [10668]

53.3 [22928]

52.2 [17413]

38.9 [16178]

48.5 [17455]

41.3 [16136]

44.8 [33591]

age (mean [SD], years)

30.2 [7.2]

30.2 [7.4]

30.1 [7.2]

30.2 [7.3]

31.3 [7.5]

29.1 [6.9]

30.2 [7.3]

married (%[n])

44.1 [13792]

43.0 [17983]

40.2 [13117]

46.2 [18658]

50.0 [17472]

37.5 [14303]

43.5 [31775]

urban resident (% [n])

55.5 [17656]

49.0 [20958]

57.7 [19143]

47.1 [19471]

48.6 [17359]

54.8 [21255]

51.8 [38614]

tertiary educated (% [n])

27.9 [8917]

23.4 [10029]

30.3 [10091]

21.3 [8855]

24.5 [8778]

26.1 [10168]

25.3 [18946]

income ≥10,000 Baht per month (% [n])

36.8 [11539]

33.7 [14150]

40.9 [13437]

30.2 [12252]

38.7 [13645]

31.6 [12044]

35.0 [25689]

limited physical functiona (%[n])

10.0 [3185]

9.2 [3912]

9.3 [3073]

9.7 [4024]

9.6 [3432]

9.4 [3665]

9.5 [7097]

current smoker, males onlyb (% [n])

22.0 [2325]

21.1 [4766]

21.9 [3768]

20.9 [3323]

20.7 [3556]

22.2 [3535]

21.4 [7091]

regular alcohol drinker, males onlyb (% [n])

12.4 [1314]

9.3 [2109]

11.7 [2035]

8.6 [1388]

9.6 [1670]

10.9 [1753]

10.2 [3423]

eat fried food daily (% [n])

15.9 [5065]

15.0 [6401]

15.0 [4977]

15.7 [6489]

14.0 [4994]

16.7 [6472]

15.4 [11466]

consume soft drinks/junkfood (% [n])

29.1 [9326]

29.3 [12555]

30.6 [10188]

28.2 [11693]

26.4 [9451]

31.9 [12430]

29.2 [21881]

vegetable intake (mean [SD], serves/day)

1.7 [1.3]

2.1 [1.7]

1.8 [1.5]

2.0 [1.6]

1.8 [1.5]

2.0 [1.6]

1.9 [1.6]

fruit intake (mean [SD], serves/day)

2.4 [2.1]

3.0 [2.6]

2.5 [2.2]

3.0 [2.5]

2.6 [2.3]

2.9 [2.5]

2.8 [2.4]

physical activity (mean [SD], sessions/week)

3.9 [2.5]

17.3 [13.3]

10.1 [11.0]

12.8 [12.9]

11.8 [12.4]

11.4 [11.9]

11.6 [12.1]

housework ≥2 times/week (% [n])

48.6[15535]

60.7 [26073]

  

56.3 [20235]

54.7 [21373]

55.5 [41608]

sleeping (mean [SD], hours/day)

6.9 [2.2]

6.9 [2.2]

7.0 [2.1]

6.9 [2.3]

6.7 [2.3]

7.1 [2.2]

6.9 [2.2]

leisure screen-time (mean [SD], hours/day)

3.0 [1.9]

2.9 [1.8]

3.0 [1.9]

2.9 [1.9]

1.5 [0.6]

4.2 [1.7]

2.9 [1.9]

sitting (mean [SD], hours/day)

6.8 [3.9]

6.4 [3.8]

6.7 [3.9]

6.4 [3.8]

6.1 [3.9]

7.0 [3.7]

6.6 [3.8]

body-mass index (mean [SD], kg/m2)

21.6 [3.6]

21.9 [3.3]

22.0 [3.5]

21.6 [3.3]

21.9 [3.3]

21.7 [3.6]

21.8 [3.4]

Participants with missing values are not included in the percentages

      
  1. aMeasured as top decile from 3 items assessing physical limitations in the past 4 weeks (eg how much bodily pain did you have in the past 4 weeks?)
  2. bOnly 1% and 0.6%, respectively, of females are current smokers and regular drinkers
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