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Table 4 Associations of demographic, health behaviours and work characteristics with occupational sitting categories of low, moderate and high occupational sitting (low occupational sitting used as reference category)

From: Work engagement and its association with occupational sitting time: results from the Stormont study

 

Sitting time at work for men

Sitting time at work for women

 

Moderate sitting

High sitting

Moderate sitting

High sitting

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age

 

18-29 years

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

30-39 years

1.04

(0.63 to 1.70)

0.84

(0.52 to 1.34)

1.02

(0.68 to 1.51)

0.90

(0.61 to 1.23)

40-49 years

0.83

(0.52 to 1.34)

0.51

(0.33 to 0.82)

0.61

(0.42 to 0.90)

0.51

(0.35 to 0.74)

50-59 years

0.78

(0.48 to 1.24)

0.45

(0.29 to 0.72)

0.81

(0.55 to 1.20)

0.70

(0.48 to 1.03)

60-70 years

0.77

(0.41 to 1.42)

0.46

(0.24 to 0.84)

1.02

(0.50 to 2.09)

0.45

(0.24 to 1.19)

BMI

 

Normal weight

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Overweight

0.98

(0.76 to 1.27)

1.05

(0.80 to 1.37)

0.85

(0.68 to 1.07)

1.08

(0.86 to 1.35)

Obese

1.19

(0.88 to 1.63)

1.27

(0.92 to 1.75)

1.18

(0.91 to 1.52)

1.27

(0.98 to 1.66)

Meets PA guidelines

0.78

(0.61 to 1.00)

0.64

(0.49 to 0.84)

0.84

(0.65 to 1.09)

0.82

(0.63 to 1.07)

Smoking (yes)

0.96

(0.71 to 1.33)

0.67

(0.48 to 1.09)

0.97

(0.71 to 1.32)

0.97

(0.72 to 1.33)

Married/cohabiting (yes)

1.19

(0.89 to 1.60)

1.22

(0.91 to 1.64)

0.91

(0.72 to 1.12)

0.98

(0.76 to 1.24

Dependents (yes)

0.87

(0.67 to 1.14)

0.72

(0.55 to 0.94)

0.59

(0.47 to 0.76)

0.48

(0.38 to 0.61)

Education

Up to school certificate

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

(eg GCSE)

A level

0.98

(0.67 to 1.38)

1.70

(0.16 to 17.71)

1.19

(0.39 to 3.66)

3.13

(0.76 to 12.82)

Degree level

1.19

(0.79 to 1.80)

2.20

(0.21 to 23.08)

1.12

(0.36 to 3.45)

2.99

(0.73 to 12.30)

Higher degree (e.g. MSc, PhD)

1.34

(0.86 to 2.01)

2.20

(0.21 to 22.92)

1.08

(0.34 to 3.25)

2.57

(0.62 to 10.76)

Job grade

≥Senior Civil Servant /Principal

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Deputy Principal

1.09

(0.71 to 1.17)

0.85

(0.54 to 1.33)

1.16

(0.73 to 1.87)

1.44

(0.86 to 2.35)

Staff Officer

0.95

(0.62 to 1.15)

0.88

(0.57 to 1.36)

0.91

(0.58 to 1.43)

1.36

(0.86 to 2.17)

Executive Officer

0.51

(0.33 to 0.78)

0.47

(0.30 to 0.71)

0.67

(0.44 to 1.01)

0.71

(0.46 to 1.10)

Administrative

0.59

(0.36 to 0.98)

0.43

(0.26 to 0.72)

0.78

(0.50 to 1.21)

0.86

(0.56 to 1.37)

Other

0.07

(0.02 to 0.24)

0.18

(0.08 to 0.42)

0.15

(0.04 to 0.56)

0.63

(0.26 to 1.52)

Working full time

0.87

(0.51 to 1.50)

0.59

(0.32 to 1.10)

0.66

(0.52 to 8.38)

0.52

(0.41 to 0.67)

  1. Statistical analysis: Logistic regression models with odds ratio (OR) and their 95% confidence interval. Results in bold indicate a significant finding. Data for reference category ‘low occupational sitting’ is not shown. PA = physical activity; working full time = 37.5 hours or more; reference category is ‘working part-time which is less than 37.5 hours’. Reference categories for physical activity is ‘not meeting guidelines of at least 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on ≥5 days’; reference category for smoking is ‘not smoking’; reference category for married/cohabiting is ‘being single’, and reference category for dependents is ‘not having any dependents’.
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