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Table 2 Association between WFH, sedentary behaviors, physical inactivity, and domestic physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic

From: Work from home and the association with sedentary behaviors, leisure-time and domestic physical activity in the ELSA-Brasil study

  

Screen time > 8 h/day (OR and 95%CI)

Sitting time > 8 h/day (OR and 95%CI)

Physical inactivity (OR and 95%CI)

High domestic physical activity (OR and 95%CI)

 

Model 1

Does not perform WFH

1

1

1

1

 
 

Performs WFH

5.53 (4.28,7.15)

4.04 (3.24,5.04)

0.65 (0.52,0.82)

0.72 (0.59,0.87)

 

AIC

3200.4

3331.2

2906.7

3518.8

 

Model 2

Does not perform WFH

1

1

1

1

 
 

Performs WFH

4.19 (3.17,5.54) a

2.98 (2.33,3.81) a

0.93 (0.72,1.22)b

1.14 (0.91,1.43)b

 
 

AIC

3109.2

3257.9

2839.6

3333.3

 

Model 3

Does not perform WFH

1

1

1

1

 
 

Performs WFH

3.12 (2.32,4.2) c

2.68 (2.02,3.56) d

0.99 (0.75,1.31)e

1.29 (0.99,1.67) f

 

AIC

2716.1

2644.8

2579.5

2715.0

 
  1. WFH: work from home; OR: odds ratios; CI: confidence interval; AIC: Akaike information criterion
  2. Model 1: unadjusted model
  3. aModel 2: model 1 + age + schooling
  4. bModel 2: model 1 + age + sex + schooling + income
  5. cModel 3: model 1 + age + schooling + pre-COVID screen time
  6. dModel 3: model 1 + age + schooling + pre-COVID sitting time
  7. eModel 3: model 1 + age + sex + schooling + income + pre-COVID leisure-time physical activity
  8. fModel 3: model 1 + age + sex + schooling + income + pre-COVID domestic physical activity
  9. Values in bold indicate statistical significance