Table 1 Characteristic of the study population by total sitting time, (n = 71,363) ^a

<6 hours

6-10 hours

>10 hours

p-value

All, complete data^b

All, Imputed data^c

Total, n (%)

26,207

(44.6)

23,170

(39.5)

9,327

(15.9)

58,704

(82.3)

Gender, n (%)

  Men

10,103

(38.5)

9,032

(39.0)

4,404

(47.2)

<0.001

28,181

(39.5)

(39.5)

  Women

16,104

(61.5)

14,138

(61.0)

4,923

(52.8)

43,182

(60.5)

(60.5)

Age, mean (SD)

48.8

(14.9)

46.6

(14.9)

44.7

(15.2)

<0.001

48.1

(15.3)

48.1

Education, n (%)

  ≤12 years

7,923

(31.2)

5,824

(25.9)

2,237

(24.9)

<0.001

15,984

(28.8)

(30.0)

  13-14 years

6,194

(24.4)

5,478

(24.3)

2,289

(25.5)

13,961

(24.5)

(24.4)

  ≥15 years

11,281

(44.2)

11,227

(49.8)

4,469

(49.7)

26,977

(47.4)

(45.7)

Leisure time physical activity, n (%)

  High/moderate

8,069

(30.9)

6,920

(30.0)

2,415

(26.0)

<0.001

17,404

(29.8)

(28.8)

  Low

15,430

(59.2)

12,887

(55.8)

4,635

(49.9)

32,952

(56.3)

(57.0)

  Inactive

2,587

(9.9)

3,298

(14.3)

2,246

(24.2)

8,131

(13.9)

(14.2)

Daily smoking, n (%)

3,142

(12.0)

3,059

(13.2)

1,530

(16.4)

<0.001

7,731

(13.2)

(13.8)

Alcohol consumption (drinks/week), mean (SD)

7.5

(8.4)

8.1

(8.8)

8.8

(10.0)

<0.001

8.0

(8.8)

7.9

Body Mass Index (kg/m²), mean (SD)

24.8

(4.0)

24.9

(4.2)

25.4

(4.6)

<0.001

24.9

(4.2)

25.0

Hypertension, n (%)

5,009

(19.9)

4,188

(18.7)

1,644

(18.3)

<0.001

10,841

(19.1)

(20.4)

Diabetes, n (%)

714

(2.8)

603

(2.6)

284

(3.1)

0.080

1,983

(2.9)

(2.9)