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Table 1 Sample characteristics (overall and by highly sedentary behavior)

From: Physical chronic conditions, multimorbidity and sedentary behavior amongst middle-aged and older adults in six low- and middle-income countries

    

Highly sedentary behaviora

Characteristic

Category

N

Overall

No

Yes

Number of chronic conditions

0

6624

22.2

23.2

14.6

1

11,437

32.3

33.3

24.1

2

7430

22.4

22.6

20.7

3

3880

12.2

11.7

16.4

≥4

3214

10.9

9.2

24.1

Sociodemographics

 Age (years)

Median (IQR)

 

62 (55–70)

61 (55–70)

67 (58–75)

 Sex

Male

15,666

47.9

48.4

45.1

 Education

≤Primary

21,264

57.4

58.8

47.7

Secondary

9943

35.2

34.1

41.8

≥Tertiary

2189

7.4

7.1

10.5

 Wealth

Poorest

6496

17.1

16.6

20.7

Poorer

6697

19.0

18.5

21.7

Middle

6648

19.5

19.6

19.1

Richer

7009

21.3

21.8

18.0

Richest

7147

23.1

23.5

20.5

 Setting

Urban

17,115

46.2

45.4

51.5

 Unemployed

Yes

20,134

57.3

55.7

70.9

 Living arrangement

Alone

3608

10.0

8.8

18.8

Chronic physical conditions

 Angina

Yes

4921

17.6

16.4

25.5

 Arthritis

Yes

9514

29.5

28.5

37.3

 Asthma

Yes

2390

7.9

7.5

10.7

 Chronic back pain

Yes

2543

8.6

7.7

15.9

 Chronic lung disease

Yes

4477

15.8

14.5

25.2

 Diabetes

Yes

2647

6.8

6.7

8.4

 Edentulism

Yes

4124

12.9

12.1

19.7

 Hearing problems

Yes

2075

5.6

4.9

11.1

 Hypertension

Yes

20,141

55.0

54.0

61.9

 Stroke

Yes

1190

3.0

2.6

7.0

 Visual impairment

Yes

353

1.3

1.0

3.3

Health status

 Mobility

Median (IQR)

 

27 (0–58)

27 (0–51)

51 (27–73)

 Pain/discomfort

Median (IQR)

 

36 (0–56)

36 (0–46)

36 (18–56)

 Cognition

Median (IQR)

 

50 (40–69)

31 (0–50)

41 (20–60)

 Sleep/energy

Median (IQR)

 

20 (0–49)

20 (0–40)

40 (0–59)

Other variables

 Disability

Median (IQR)

 

11 (3–31)

11 (3–28)

25 (8–47)

 Anxiety

Yes

2046

8.1

7.5

13.6

 Depression

Yes

1692

6.0

5.8

8.7

  1. Abbreviation: IQR Interquartile range
  2. Data are column percentages unless otherwise stated
  3. Estimates are based on weighted sample
  4. aHighly sedentary behavior referred to being sedentary for ≥8 h/day