Are the different cut-off points for sitting time associated with excess weight in adults? A population based study in Latin America

Table 3 Proportion (%) of excess weight of body mass index, waist and neck circumference according sitting time categories of adults by country

	< 4 hours/day	≥4 hours/day	< 6 hours/day	≥6 hours/day	< 8 hours/day	≥8 hours/day
Body mass index – Excess weight (%)
Argentina	62.3	61.0	62.6	60.6	61.8	60.7
Brazil	58.7	60.8	60.4	59.9	61.5	57.9
Chile	73.3	71.2	73.3	70.6	73.5	68.8
Colombia	55.8	52.3	53.8	52.8	53.4	52.9
Costa Rica	62.7	66.9	65.7	65.6	66.7	63.6
Ecuador	66.0	62.0	64.2	63.1	63.2	65.4
Peru	62.4	63.8	65.8	62.5	65.6	61.5
Venezuela	65.5	64.4	65.8	63.8	64.4	65.4
All sample	62.3	62.2	63.1	61.5	63.2	60.8^a
Waist circumference – Excess weight (%)
Argentina	36.8	34.8	35.3	35.1	34.7	35.7
Brazil	32.3	32.0	32.3	31.9	33.2	30.4
Chile	43.0	41.6	41.8	42.0	42.3	41.4
Colombia	25.7	23.2	23.9	23.9	23.4	24.5
Costa Rica	38.6	43.0	39.6	43.6	41.8	41.3
Ecuador	33.0	29.5	31.6	30.1	31.7	29.2
Peru	36.2	31.4	35.6	30.5	32.9	31.5
Venezuela	36.9	36.1	37.3	35.5	35.9	37.2
All sample	34.3	33.4	33.9	33.4	34.0	33.1
Neck circumference – Excess weight (%)
Argentina	33.0	35.0	34.5	34.8	34.8	34.5
Brazil	25.0	29.7^a	26.0	30.2^a	26.9	30.4
Chile	53.3	52.8	52.2	53.3	53.2	52.5
Colombia	23.4	27.4	23.8	28.2	24.1	29.1
Costa Rica	41.2	48.0	45.4	46.3	45.4	46.9
Ecuador	26.2	29.8	27.3	29.8	26.8	32.4
Peru	30.5	31.5	30.5	31.7	28.5	34.3^a
Venezuela	41.1	41.3	40.3	42.1	39.5	44.3
All sample	32.0	35.7^a	33.2	35.8^a	33.5	36.4^a

^a Chi-square test (p < .05) for comparison between each categories of sitting time (< 4 vs ≥4 hours/day; < 6 vs ≥6 hours/day; < 8 vs ≥8 hours/day) with body mass index, waist circumference and neck circumference (eutrophic vs excess weight)

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