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Table 2 Socio-demographic attributes and health-related factors associated with high occupational sitting time compared with low occupational sitting time: stratified by gender

From: Excessive sitting at work and at home: Correlates of occupational sitting and TV viewing time in working adults

 

Women

Men

Correlates

Unadjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

p

Fully adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)ab

p

Unadjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

p

Fully adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)ab

p

Socio-demographic attributes

        

Age (years)

0.96 (0.93, 0.99)**

0.003

0.96 (0.94, 0.99)*

0.021

0.98 (0.96, 1.00)

0.096

0.99 (0.97, 1.02)

0.578

Educational attainment

        

  High school or less

1.00

 

-

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Technical/vocational

0.96 (0.60, 1.52)

0.858

-

 

0.54 (0.36, 0.79)**

0.002

0.58 (0.38, 0.88)*

0.011

  Bachelor’s degree or higher

1.51 (0.96, 2.38)

0.076

-

 

1.77 (1.18, 2.65)**

0.006

1.10 (0.68, 1.78)

0.711

Marital status

        

  De facto/married

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

-

 

  Separated/divorced/ widowed

1.19 (0.75, 1.89)

0.453

1.99 (1.15, 3.46)*

0.014

0.55 (0.29, 1.01)

0.054

-

 

  Single

1.79 (0.88, 3.65)

0.108

2.01 (0.92, 4.43)

0.082

0.55 (0.28, 1.10)

0.091

-

 

Child(ren) in the household

0.98 (0.68, 1.42)

0.931

-

 

1.67 (1.25, 2.23)**

0.001

1.31 (0.93, 1.83)

0.124

Occupation

        

  Professional/ managerial

1.00

 

-

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  White collar/ administrative

0.99 (0.68, 1.45)

0.976

-

 

0.74 (0.46, 1.18)

0.201

1.12 (0.66, 1.90)

0.683

  Blue collar

c

 

-

 

0.20 (0.13, 0.29)***

p < 0.001

0.28 (0.18, 0.45)***

p < 0.001

Annual gross household income

        

  Less than $60,000

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  $60,000-$125,000

2.30 (1.37, 3.87)**

0.002

2.71 (1.53, 4.79)**

0.001

2.49 (1.44, 4.31)**

0.001

1.62 (0.89, 2.93)

0.113

  $125,000+

2.02 (1.19, 3.41) **

0.009

2.61 (1.38, 4.95)**

0.003

4.37 (2.53, 7.54)***

p < 0.001

1.86 (1.00, 3.45)*f

0.049

  Don’t know/ Preferred not to say

0.68 (0.23, 2.00)

0.480

1.04 (0.33, 3.31)

0.944

1.49 (0.52, 4.27)

0.462

0.77 (0.25, 2.41)

0.656

Average weekday hours worked

1.10 (0.97, 1.25)

0.130

1.11 (0.98, 1.27)

0.107

1.28 (1.17, 1.40)***

p < 0.001

1.26 (1.14, 1.39)***

p < 0.001

Health-related factors

        

Leisure-time physical activity (mins/week)d

0.99 (0.98, 1.01)

0.442

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

0.269

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

0.123

0.98 (0.97, 1.00)*f

0.014

Smoking status

        

  Current smoker

1.00

 

-

 

1.00

 

-

 

  Ex-smoker

1.03 (0.40, 2.67)

0.953

-

 

2.07 (1.07, 3.98)*

0.030

-

 

  Non-smoker

1.22 (0.48, 3.07)

0.673

-

 

2.17 (1.15, 4.08)*

0.017

-

 

BMI (kg/m2)

1.01 (0.98, 1.04)

0.586

-

 

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

0.208

-

 

Energy intake (kJ/day)e

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

0.414

-

 

0.99 (0.99, 1.00)* f

0.028

-

 

Alcohol consumption (g/day)

        

  ≤10

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

-

 

  >10- ≤ 20

1.63 (0.99, 2.70)

0.054

1.53 (0.91, 2.57)

0.108

0.86 (0.58, 1.29)

0.474

-

 

  >20

1.22 (0.76, 1.98)

0.411

1.11 (0.67, 1.83)

0.693

0.92 (0.67, 1.27)

0.626

-

 

Sitting time

        

TV viewing time (average hours/day)

0.99 (0.82, 1.20)

0.937

1.06 (0.86, 1.29)

0.601

0.87 (0.76, 1.00)

0.052

1.00 (0.86, 1.17)

0.958

  1. Women: low work sitting category (n = 264); high work sitting category (n = 202). Men: low work sitting category (n = 459); high work sitting category (n = 310)
  2. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001
  3. aLogistic regression model for women adjusted for age, marital status, household income, average weekday hours worked, alcohol consumption, leisure-time physical activity and TV viewing time
  4. bLogistic regression model for men adjusted for age, educational attainment, children in the household, occupation, household income, average weekday hours worked, leisure-time physical activity and TV viewing time
  5. cWomen in blue collar occupations were excluded from this analysis due to the small number of blue collar workers in the high occupational sitting group
  6. dOR corresponds to each additional 30 min/week of leisure-time physical activity
  7. eOR corresponds to each additional 100 kJ of energy consumed per day
  8. fSignificant confidence intervals include the value of 1.00 due to rounding
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