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Table 1 Distributions of sociodemographic characteristics according to status of TV viewing time stratified by gender

From: Association between television viewing and the risk of metabolic syndrome in a community-based population

 

Men (n = 1144)

Women (n = 1209)

 

TV viewing time n (%)

 

TV viewing time n (%)

 

Variables

< 14 (n = 329)

14–20 (n = 343)

> 20 (n = 472)

p-valueb

< 14 (n = 342)

14–20 (n = 306)

> 20 (n = 561)

p-valueb

Age (yrs) a

56.08(0.82)

57.47(0.80)

61.15(0.68)

< .0001***

53.06(0.69)

54.46(0.73)

57.01(0.54)

< .0001***

Education Level

   

0.0027**

   

< .0001***

   < 9

88(26.75)

92(26.82)

149(31.57)

 

120(35.09)

131(42.81)

280(49.91)

 

   9–12

141(42.86)

167(48.69)

236(50.00)

 

152(44.44)

129(42.16)

237(42.25)

 

   > 12

100(30.40)

84(24.49)

87(18.43)

 

70(20.47)

46(15.03)

44(7.84)

 

Marriage status

   

0.6908

   

0.6338

   married

286(86.93)

305(88.92)

418(88.56)

 

259(75.73)

241(78.76)

429(76.47)

 

   others

43(13.07)

38(11.08)

54(11.44)

 

83(24.27)

65(21.24)

132(23.53)

 

Household income (Taiwanese dollars/month)

   

0.0042**

   

0.0002***

   <40,000

144(43.77)

155(45.19)

260(55.08)

 

154(45.03)

143(46.73)

304(54.19)

 

40,000–100,000

136(41.34)

147(42.86)

170(36.02)

 

138(40.35)

134(43.79)

224(39.93)

 

   > 100,000

49(14.89)

41(11.95)

42(8.90)

 

50(14.62)

29(9.48)

33(5.88)

 

Smoking

   

0.0007***

   

0.3452

   never

184(55.93)

171(49.85)

197(41.74)

 

327(95.61)

296(96.73)

529(94.30)

 

   former

59(17.93)

71(20.70)

132(27.97)

 

2(0.58)

3(0.98)

10(1.78)

 

   current

86(26.14)

101(29.45)

143(30.30)

 

13(3.80)

7(2.29)

22(3.92)

 

Drinking

   

0.0536

   

0.6475

   never

190(57.75)

188(54.81)

241(51.96)

 

302(88.30)

274(89.54)

496(88.41)

 

   former

36(10.94)

35(10.20)

37(7.84)

 

5(1.46)

1(0.33)

8(1.43)

 

   current

103(31.31)

120(34.99)

194(41.10)

 

35(10.23)

31(10.13)

57(10.16)

 

Adjusted carbohydrate intake

   

0.6862

   

0.3142

   moderate

4(1.22)

3(0.87)

3(0.64)

 

6(1.75)

6(1.96)

18(3.21)

 

   high

325(98.78)

340(99.13)

469(99.36)

 

336(98.25)

300(98.04)

543(96.79)

 

Leisure-time activity (MET-hour/week)

   

0.7134

   

0.5496

   < 19.5

210(63.83)

209(60.93)

298(63.14)

 

229(66.96)

217(70.92)

388(69.16)

 

   ≥ 19.5 ≤

119(36.17)

134(39.07)

174(36.86)

 

113(33.04)

89(29.08)

173(30.84)

 

Occupational activity (MET-hour/week)

   

< .0001***

   

0.0004***

   < 40

97(29.48)

102(29.74)

208(44.07)

 

89(26.02)

67(21.90)

191(34.05)

 

   40–83

124(37.69)

115(33.53)

124(26.27)

 

138(40.35)

116(37.91)

169(30.12)

 

   > 83

108(32.83)

126(36.73)

140(29.66)

 

115(33.63)

123(40.20)

201(35.83)

 

Total activity status (MET-hour/week)

   

< .0001***

   

0.1689

   0–54

90(27.36)

105(30.61)

200(42.37)

 

98(28.65)

86(28.10)

192(34.22)

 

   54–103.3

120(36.47)

105(30.61)

137(29.03)

 

128(37.43)

103(33.66)

188(33.51)

 

   103.3 <

119(36.17)

133(38.78)

135(28.60)

 

116(33.92)

117(38.24)

181(32.26)

 
  1. aValues are expressed as means (standard deviation).
  2. bFor the difference among groups of TV viewing time.
  3. *p < 0.05 (bolded);**p < 0.01 (bolded);***p < 0.001 (bolded)
  4. MET, metabolic equivalent.