Patterns of sitting and mortality in the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT)

Grunseit, Anne C.; Chau, Josephine Y.; Rangul, Vegar; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Bauman, Adrian

doi:10.1186/s12966-016-0457-8

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 1 Demographic characteristics by sitting level at HUNT2, HUNT3 and across HUNT2/HUNT3 (sitting pattern) for the analytic sample (n = 25651)

From: Patterns of sitting and mortality in the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT)

	All	HUNT 2 sitting		HUNT 3 sitting		Sitting pattern H2/H3
Characteristic at HUNT 2	n = 25651	<8 h (n = 16088)	≥8 h (n = 9563)	<8 h (n = 19275)	≥ 8 h (n = 6376)	Low/Low (n = 13930)	Low/High (n = 2158)	High/Low (n = 5345)	High/High (n = 4218)
Age*	n col %	n col %	n col %	n col %	n col %	n col %	n col %	n col %	n col %
19-35 years	6,120	3,872	2,248	4,566	1,554	3,315	557	1,251	997
19-35 years	23.9	24.1	23.5	23.7	24.4	23.8	25.8	23.4	23.7
>35-50 years	10,530	6,263	4,267	7,542	2,988	5,433	830	2,109	2,158
>35-50 years	41.1	38.9	44.6	39.1	46.9	39.0	38.5	39.5	51.2
>50-65 years	7,030	4,506	2,524	5,645	1,385	3,991	515	1,654	870
>50-65 years	27.4	28.0	26.4	29.3	21.7	28.7	23.9	30.9	20.6
>65 years	1,966	1,444	522	1,519	447	1,188	256	331	191
>65 years	7.7	9.0	5.5	7.9	7.0	8.5	11.9	6.2	4.5
Gender
Female	13,497	9,050	4,447	10,518	2,979	7,967	1,083	2,551	1,896
Female	52.6	56.3	46.5	54.6	46.7	57.2	50.2	47.7	45.0
Male	12,154	7,038	5,116	8,757	3,397	5,963	1,075	2,794	2,322
Male	47.4	43.8	53.5	45.4	53.3	42.8	49.8	52.3	55.1
Education
Primary school	6,521	4,831	1,690	5,458	1,063	4,285	546	1,173	517
Primary school	25.4	30.0	17.7	28.3	16.7	30.8	25.3	22.0	12.3
High school vocational school	9,752	6,467	3,285	7,643	2,109	5,687	780	1,956	1,329
High school vocational school	38.0	40.2	34.4	39.7	33.1	40.8	36.1	36.6	31.5
University qualifying exams	2,587	1,414	1,173	1,788	799	1,175	239	613	560
University qualifying exams	10.1	8.8	12.3	9.3	12.5	8.4	11.1	11.5	13.3
University (<4 years)	3,920	1,940	1,980	2,543	1,377	1,605	335	938	1,042
University (<4 years)	15.3	12.1	20.7	13.2	21.6	11.5	15.5	17.6	24.7
University (≥4 years)	2,545	1,208	1,337	1,583	962	987	221	596	741
University (≥4 years)	9.9	7.5	14.0	8.2	15.1	7.1	10.2	11.2	17.6
Education unknown	326	228	98	260	66	191	37	69	29
Education unknown	1.3	1.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	1.4	1.7	1.3	0.7
Light exercise
Light exercise - none	1,306	833	473	966	340	711	122	255	218
Light exercise - none	5.1	5.2	5.0	5.0	5.3	5.1	5.7	4.8	5.2
<1 h/week	4,149	2,487	1,662	3,056	1,093	2,128	359	928	734
<1 h/week	16.2	15.5	17.4	15.9	17.1	15.3	16.6	17.4	17.4
1–2 h/week	9,211	5,632	3,579	6,892	2,319	4,919	713	1,973	1,606
1–2 h/week	35.9	35.0	37.4	35.8	36.4	35.3	33.0	36.9	38.1
3+ hours/week	8,335	5,338	2,997	6,279	2,056	4,588	750	1,691	1,306
3+ hours/week	32.5	33.2	31.3	32.6	32.3	32.9	34.8	31.6	31.0
Light exercise unknown	2,650	1,798	852	2,082	568	1,584	214	498	354
Light exercise unknown	10.3	11.2	8.9	10.8	8.9	11.4	9.9	9.3	8.4
Hard exercise
Hard exercise—none	6,599	4,121	2,478	4,960	1,639	3,538	583	1,422	1,056
Hard exercise—none	25.7	25.6	25.9	25.7	25.7	25.4	27.0	26.6	25.0
<1 h/week	5,943	3,477	2,466	4,292	1,651	2,990	487	1,302	1,164
<1 h/week	23.2	21.6	25.8	22.3	25.9	21.5	22.6	24.4	27.6
1–2 h/week	5,163	3,082	2,081	3,758	1,405	2,661	421	1,097	984
1–2 h/week	20.1	19.2	21.8	19.5	22.0	19.1	19.5	20.5	23.3
3+ hours/week	2,547	1,605	942	1,933	614	1,385	220	548	394
3+ hours/week	9.9	10.0	9.9	10.0	9.6	9.9	10.2	10.3	9.3
Hard exercise unknown	5,399	3,803	1,596	4,332	1,067	3,356	447	976	620
Hard exercise unknown	21.1	23.6	16.7	22.5	16.7	24.1	20.7	18.3	14.7
Smoking
Never smoked	11,691	7,352	4,339	8,811	2,880	6,457	895	2,354	1,985
Never smoked	45.6	45.7	45.4	45.7	45.2	46.4	41.5	44.0	47.1
Ex-smoker	6,433	3,935	2,498	4,772	1,661	3,367	568	1,405	1,093
Ex-smoker	25.1	24.5	26.1	24.8	26.1	24.2	26.3	26.3	25.9
Current smoker	6,881	4,359	2,522	5,185	1,696	3,718	641	1,467	1,055
Current smoker	26.8	27.1	26.4	26.9	26.6	26.7	29.7	27.5	25.0
Smoking unknown	646	442	204	507	139	388	54	119	85
Smoking unknown	2.5	2.8	2.1	2.6	2.2	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.0
BMI
BMI < 18.5	140	92	48	103	37	80	12	23	25
BMI < 18.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.6
BMI 18.5–24.9	10,646	6,708	3,938	8,049	2,597	5,868	840	2,181	1,757
BMI 18.5–24.9	41.5	41.7	41.2	41.8	40.7	42.1	38.9	40.8	41.7
BMI 25- < 30	11,402	7,119	4,283	8,593	2,809	6,165	954	2,428	1,855
BMI 25- < 30	44.5	44.3	44.8	44.6	44.1	44.3	44.2	45.4	44.0
30+	3,412	2,145	1,267	2,498	914	1,796	349	702	565
30+	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.0	14.3	12.9	16.2	13.1	13.4
BMI unknown	51	24	27	32	19	21	3	11	16
BMI unknown	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4
General health
Poor	204	124	80	145	59	99	25	46	34
Poor	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.8
Not so good	4,785	3,154	1,631	3,651	1,134	2,681	473	970	661
Not so good	18.7	19.6	17.1	18.9	17.8	19.3	21.9	18.2	15.7
Good	15,491	9,661	5,830	11,657	3,834	8,394	1,267	3,263	2,567
Good	60.4	60.1	61.0	60.5	60.1	60.3	58.7	61.1	60.9
Very good	5,004	3,046	1,958	3,702	1,302	2,667	379	1,035	923
Very good	19.5	18.9	20.5	19.2	20.4	19.2	17.6	19.4	21.9
General health unknown	167	103	64	120	47	89	14	31	33
General health unknown	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8
CMD
No CMD & cancer	23,925	14,897	9,028	17,966	5,959	12,930	1,967	5,036	3,992
No CMD & cancer	93.3	92.6	94.4	93.2	93.5	92.8	91.2	94.2	94.6
CMD	1,172	768	404	852	320	623	145	229	175
CMD	4.6	4.8	4.2	4.4	5.0	4.5	6.7	4.3	4.2
CMD unknown	554	423	131	457	97	377	46	80	51
CMD unknown	2.2	2.6	1.4	2.4	1.5	2.7	2.1	1.5	1.2

* Five respondents with a valid age at HUNT 3 (and were therefore included in the analytic sample) did not have an age at HUNT 2 screening, hence percentages are calculated on n=25646

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