Table 3 Independent and replacement effects of sitting, sleeping, walking, MPA and VPA on depressive tendencies risk (OR, 95%CI)

1. Replace 30 min of:

Sitting

Sleeping (≤ 8 h)

Sleeping (> 8 h)

Walking

MPA

VPA

Sitting

0.77 (0.74–0.79)^b

1.01 (0.91–1.10)

0.83 (0.77–0.88)^b

0.87 (0.81–0.93)^b

0.91 (0.84–0.99)^a

Sleeping (≤ 8 h)

1.30 (1.26–1.34)^b

1.08 (1.00–1.16)^b

1.14 (1.06–1.22)^b

1.23 (1.15–1.34)^b

Sleeping (> 8 h)

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

0.82 (0.73–0.93)^b

0.87 (0.77–0.98)^b

0.95 (0.84–1.07)

Walking

1.21 (1.13–1.30)^b

0.93 (0.86–1.00)

1.21 (1.08–1.37)^b

1.07 (0.98–1.17)

1.12 (1.00–1.24)

MPA

1.14 (1.07–1.22)^b

0.88 (0.82–0.95)^b

1.15 (1.03–1.30)^a

0.96 (0.88–1.04)

1.08 (0.95–1.22)

VPA

1.06 (1.01–1.19)^a

0.59 (0.51–0.68)^b

1.06 (0.94–1.19)

0.92 (0.84–1.01)

0.92 (0.81–1.03)

2.Independent effect

1.04 (1.03–1.05)^b

0.80 (0.75–0.87)^b

1.04 (0.95–1.15)

0.86 (0.80–0.92)^b

0.91 (0.85–0.97)^b

0.99 (0.92–1.07)