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Table 3 Relationship between being obese and gardening/housework, leisure-related computer or television use ("screen-time") and sitting 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

 

MALES

   

FEMALES

   
 

Total

n

Obese

n (%)

age adjusted

OR (95% CI)

adjusted

OR (95% CI)*

Total

n

Obese

n (%)

age adjusted

OR (95% CI)

adjusted

OR (95% CI)*

gardening or housework

       

seldom or never

2962

806 (27.2)

1.00

1.00

1550

198 (12.8)

1.00

1.00

1-3 times/month

4960

1217 (24.5)

0.85 (0.77-0.95)

0.83 (0.75-0.93)

3200

378 (11.8)

0.96 (0.80-1.16)

0.94 (0.78-1.13)

1-2 times/week

9491

2092 (22.0)

0.78 (0.71-0.86)

0.76 (0.69-0.84)

11210

1066 (9.5)

0.76 (0.64-0.89)

0.74 (0.62-0.87)

3-4 times/week

4688

1040 (22.2)

0.76 (0.68-0.85)

0.76 (0.68-0.85)

5076

482 (9.5)

0.77 (0.64-0.92)

0.72 (0.60-0.87)

Most days

11490

2371 (20.6)

0.65 (0.59-0.72)

0.67 (0.61-0.74)

20354

1966 (9.7)

0.73 (0.63-0.86)

0.67 (0.57-0.79)

p(trend)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

screen-time

       

0-1 hours/day

7452

1568 (21.0)

1.00

1.00

7339

673 (9.2)

1.00

1.00

2-3 hours/day

17109

3862 (22.6)

1.23 (1.15-1.32)

1.21 (1.13-1.29)

20694

1935 (9.4)

1.15 (1.04-1.26)

1.15 (1.04-1.26)

4-5 hours/day

6875

1560 (22.7)

1.42 (1.31-1.54)

1.38 (1.27-1.50)

10112

1089 (10.8)

1.49 (1.35-1.65)

1.51 (1.36-1.67)

6-7 hours/day

1227

300 (24.5)

1.61 (1.39-1.87)

1.58 (1.36-1.84)

1847

202 (10.9)

1.57 (1.32-1.86)

1.63 (1.38-1.94)

8+ hours/day

928

236 (25.4)

1.85 (1.57-2.18)

1.85 (1.56-2.18)

1398

191 (13.7)

2.18 (1.83-2.60)

2.16 (1.81-2.59)

p(trend)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

sitting-time

       

0-1 hours/day

2115

510 (24.1)

1.00

1.00

2600

250 (9.6)

1.00

1.00

2-3 hours/day

7651

1661 (21.7)

0.88 (0.79-0.99)

0.88 (0.79-1.00)

7797

701 (9.0)

0.97 (0.83-1.13)

0.95 (0.81-1.11)

4-5 hours/day

7102

1598 (22.5)

0.92 (0.82-1.04)

0.92 (0.82-1.04)

6850

714 (10.4)

1.14 (0.98-1.33)

1.14 (0.98-1.33)

6-7 hours/day

4248

928 (21.8)

0.87 (0.77-0.99)

0.86 (0.76-0.98)

4709

464 (9.9)

1.00 (0.85-1.18)

1.02 (0.84-1.20)

8+ hours/day

12296

2792 (22.7)

0.95 (0.85-1.06)

0.92 (0.82-1.03)

19177

1933 (10.1)

1.11 (0.96-1.283)

1.14 (0.99-1.31)

p(trend)

   

0.85

   

0.001

  1. *adjusted for age, income and education
  2. numbers do not always sum to total due to missing values