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Table 2 Social ecological factors and their associations with workplace sedentary behavior a

From: Social ecological correlates of workplace sedentary behavior

 

Sitting time b [95% Cl]

Standing time b [95% Cl]

LPA b [95% Cl]

Sitting >30 min b [95% Cl]

Base model

Individual factors

 Job type

 Executive (ref)

 Professional

2.9 [−18.9, 27.5]

−3.8 [−27.3, 17.7]

1.1 [−2.8,4.6]

−5.2 [−26.7, 24.2]

 Clerical

9.2 [−19.2, 34.4]

−8.4 [−33.2, 18.7]

0.4 [−3.7, 5.1]

−3.5 [−34.1,25.7]

 Work engagement

−4.0 [−9.9, 5.1]

3.6 [−5.4,9.1]

−0.1 [−1.3, 1.1]

−4.2 [−10.2, 6.2]

Cultural factors

 Lunch away from desk

−2.9 [−8.1. 3.7]

2.0 [−4.1, 7.4]

0.5 [−0.3, 1.6]

−3.0 [−8.3,4 6]

 Walking at lunch

−2.5 [−8 8,3.7]

−3.1 [−9.4,27]

5.0 [4.0, 6.0]***

−7.8 [−14.5, −0.8]*

 Face to face interaction

−3.8 [−15.2,2.2]

2.3 [−3.6,13.3]

0.5 [−0.8, 1.9]

−11.3 [−21.0, −2.3]*

Physical factors

 No Printer (ref)

  Printer

0.6 [−14.0, 26.3]

−1.7 [−26.1, 12.8]

1.8 [−1.5, 5.5]

−6.9 [−23.6, 23.7]

 Public office (ref)

 Private office

20.1 [4.9,41.0]*

−21.5 [−39.8, −5.1]*

1.6 [−2.2,4 2]

40.9 [19.7,62.6]***

Organizational factors

 Academic (ref)

 Industry

20.3 [0.4,39.2]*

−15.2 [−32.1,4.7]

−5.9 [−12.7, 0.0]

25.2 [−7.0, 61.9]

 Government

14.2 [−9.6, 28.1]

−17.1 [−29.8, 6.0]

3.5 [−3.0, 9.7]

21.3 [−13.6, 54.6]

Two-way interactions

  Moderator: Job type

  Professional x Printer

73.3 [14.0,130.2]*

−68.8 [−123.8, −10.7]*

  

  Moderator: Sector

  Government x Lunch away from desk

  

−2.7 [−5.0, −0.5]*

 

  Government x Walking at lunch

  

3.7 [1.6,6.1]**

 

  Government x Private office

51.9 [14.3, 93.6]**

−44.6 [−85.3, −8.2]*

−6.9 [−13.5, −0.2]*

 

3 -wav interactions

  Moderators: Sector < & Job type

  Industry x Clerical x Work engagement

   

38.5 [1.3, 77.9]*

  Industry x Clerical x Private office

  

−24.2 [−48.3, −0.6]*

 
  1. All models are adjusted for age, race ethnicity, and gender; LPA = Light-intensitv physical activity; only significant associations are presented for two- and three-way interactions
  2. a Sedentary behavior variables are expressed as minutes per 8 h workday. Boldface indicates statistical significance
  3. *P < 0.05
  4. **P < 0.01
  5. ***p < 0.001