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Table 3 Correlates of sedentary time (unstandardized beta, 95%CI, p-value)

From: Correlates of physical activity and sedentary time in young adults: the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study

 

Women

Men

Women

Men

Model 1: adjusted for multiple sociodemographic variables

Model 2: adjusted for sociodemographics and co-occurring behaviours

Sociodemographic domain

 Ethnicity (vs not Caucasian)

Not included

 

Not included

     

 Mother’s education (vs no university)

32.1 (11.3, 52.9)

0.002

Not included

     

 Education (vs no university)

Not included

 

32.1 (4.8, 59.5)

0.021

    

 Work/Study Status (vs neither)

 

0.113

 

0.001

    

  Part-time

−19.4 (−57.9, 19.1)

0.324

−24.3 (−67.6, 19.0)

0.271

    

  Full time studying

14.2 (−19.7, 48.2)

0.412

8.0 (−29.0, 45.1)

0.671

    

  Full time working

7.3 (−27.7, 42.3)

0.682

−45.3 (−81.2, −9.4)

0.013

    

 Relationship (vs single)

 

0.189

Not included

     

  Relationship not living together

19.0 (−1.8, 39.8)

0.073

      

Relationship living together or married

11.7 (−12.8, 36.2)

0.349

      

Behavioural Domain

 Fruit & Veg (serves/day)

−1.1 (−3.5, 1.3)

0.365

2.6 (−0.8, 6.0)

0.136

Not included

 

2.4 (−1.0, 5.6)

0.169

 Energy (kj/kg/day)

−0.1 (−0.3, 0.1)

0.199

−0.1 (− 0.3, 0.04)

0.143

Not included

 

− 0.1 (− 0.3, 0.05)

0.162

 Alcohol (drinks/week)

−1.9 (− 3.1, − 0.6)

0.003

− 1.0 (− 1.8, − 0.3)

0.007

−1.4 (−2.7, − 0.1)

0.042

−1.0 (− 1.7, − 0.2)

0.010

 Smoking (vs non-smoking)

−44.3 (−72.8, − 15.9)

0.002

−15.6 (− 48.1, 16.8)

0.346

−33.8 (63.8, − 3.9)

0.027

Not included

 

 Sleep Quality (PQSI)

−0.1 (−4.1, 3.8)

0.949

0.6 (−4.0, 5.1)

0.809

Not included

 

Not included

 

Physical & Psychological Health Domain

 Waist Circumference (cm)

−0.3 (−1.0, 0.3)

0.323

−0.4 (−1.4, 0.7)

0.513

−0.3 (− 1.0, 0.3)

0.314

− 0.7 (− 1.8, 0.5)

0.244

 Diagnosed disorders (#)

3.9 (− 0.7, 8.5)

0.100

1.7 (−5.0, 8.3)

0.621

3.5 (−1.1, 8.0)

0.136

2.0 (−4.5, 8.5)

0.553

 Physical Health (SF12) (0–100 scale)

0.2 (−1.2, 1.6)

0.780

1.0 (−1.5, 3.5)

0.412

0.2 (−1.1, 1.5)

0.764

1.01 (−1.4, 3.5)

0.420

 DASS depression (0–42 scale)

−0.3 (−1.4, 0.8)

0.591

2.0 (0.4, 3.5)

0.014

−0.2 (−1.2, 0.9)

0.757

1.9 (0.4, 3.5)

0.014

 DASS anxiety (0–42 scale)

−1.2 (−2.8, 0.4)

0.156

0.3 (− 2.1, 2.7)

0.804

−0.6 (− 2.2, 1.1)

0.503

0.6 (− 1.8, 2.9)

0.627

 DASS stress (0–42 scale)

−0.6 (− 1.7, 0.5)

0.271

0.6 (− 1.1, 2.2)

0.494

−0.4 (− 1.4, 0.7)

0.466

0.8 (− 0.8, 2.4)

0.341

 Vigilance (Cogstate – Identification, log10 reaction time (s))

−50.4 (− 182.3, 81.4)

0.453

−71.7 (− 257.8, 114.3)

0.450

−39.0 (− 167.5, 89.5)

0.551

−67.6 (− 249.6, 114.5)

0.467

 Speed of processing (Cogstate – Detection, log10 reaction time (s))

−9.8 (− 105.6, 86.0)

0.841

62.3 (−87.6, 212.2)

0.415

1.0 (− 92.4, 94.4)

0.983

55.8 (−90.7, 202.4)

0.455

 Attention & working memory (Cogstate – One Back, log10 reaction time (s))

−20.7 (− 124.5, 83.0)

0.695

−71.7 (− 201.3, 57.9)

0.278

−17.7 (− 118.9, 83.5)

0.732

−66.9 (− 194.1, 60.3)

0.303

  1. Model 1 adjusted for- Women: mother’s education, work/study, relationship status; Men: education, work/study
  2. Model 2 adjusted for- Women: mother’s education, work/study, relationship status, alcohol, smoking; Men: education, work/study, fruit&vegetable servings, energy, alcohol
  3. Bold indicates a statistically significant correlate at p<.05