Correlates of occupational, leisure and total sitting time in working adults: results from the Singapore multi-ethnic cohort

Uijtdewilligen, Léonie; Yin, Jason Dean-Chen; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk

doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0626-4

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 3 Multivariable associations of socio-demographic characteristics and lifestyle factors with LEISURE sitting time (h/day)

From: Correlates of occupational, leisure and total sitting time in working adults: results from the Singapore multi-ethnic cohort

Leisure sitting time	Total sample	Chinese	Malay	Indian
	n = 9384	n = 4722	n = 2385	n = 2246
	B (95% CI) p-value	B (95% CI) p-value	B (95% CI) p-value	B (95% CI) p-value
Age
21-30^a	0	0	0	0
31–40	−0.19 (−0.29,-0.09) <0.001	−0.20 (−0.35,-0.05) 0.010	−0.38 (−0.58,-0.18) <0.001	0.03 (−0.18,0.24) 0.771
41–50	−0.35 (−0.46,-0.25) <0.001	−0.33 (−0.49,-0.17) <0.001	−0.71 (−0.91,-0.51) <0.001	−0.05 (−0.26,0.15) 0.616
51–60	−0.33 (−0.44,-0.21) <0.001	−0.36 (−0.53,-0.19) <0.001	−0.50 (−0.74,-0.27) <0.001	−0.06 (−0.29,0.16) 0.587
61+	−0.51 (−0.68,-0.34) <0.001	−0.40 (−0.64,-0.17) <0.001	−0.89 (−1.24,-0.53) <0.001	−0.38 (−0.73,-0.04) 0.029
Gender
Male^a	0	0	0	0
Female	−0.11 (−0.17,-0.04) 0.003	−0.13 (−0.22,-0.04) 0.005	−0.05 (−0.20,0.09) 0.474	−0.10 (−0.25,0.04) 0.163
Ethnicity
Chinese^a	0	–	–	–
Malay	−0.01 (−0.09,0.07) 0.815	–	–	–
Indian	−0.18 (−0.26,-0.11) <0.001	–	–	–
Marital Status
Married^a	0	0	0	0
Never Married	0.20 (0.11,0.28) <0.001	0.21 (0.09,0.32) <0.001	0.08 (−0.11,0.27) 0.400	0.23 (0.04,0.41) 0.016
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	0.17 (0.04,0.30) 0.012	0.05 (−0.16,0.26) 0.672	0.28 (0.03,0.54) 0.031	0.18 (−0.05,0.4) 0.118
Highest education
No Formal/PSLE^a	0	0	0	0
Secondary/O/N/ITE/NTC	−0.04 (−0.12,0.04) 0.313	0.01 (−0.11,0.14) 0.846	−0.11 (−0.26,0.05) 0.174	−0.04 (−0.19,0.12) 0.646
A’level/Polytech/Diploma	−0.03 (−0.13,0.08) 0.612	0.09 (−0.05,0.24) 0.207	0.00 (−0.21,0.21) 0.972	−0.23 (−0.43,-0.03) 0.023
University and above	−0.06 (−0.17,0.05) 0.266	0.07 (−0.08,0.22) 0.384	−0.02 (−0.35,0.31) 0.915	−0.27 (−0.48,-0.06) 0.012
Smoking
No^a	0	0	0	0
Former	0.05 (−0.06,0.16) 0.375	0.03 (−0.13,0.19) 0.716	0.20 (−0.02,0.42) 0.069	−0.04 (−0.28,0.20) 0.762
Yes	0.20 (0.12,0.29) <0.001	0.15 (0.02,0.28) 0.028	0.28 (0.13,0.44) <0.001	0.19 (0.03,0.36) 0.023
Total Caloric Intake (Kcal/day)
1st quartile^a	0	0	0	0
2nd quartile	−0.01 (−0.09,0.07) 0.849	−0.03 (−0.14,0.08) 0.609	0.02 (−0.15,0.19) 0.816	−0.02 (−0.20,0.16) 0.840
3rd quartile	0.05 (−0.03,0.13) 0.226	0.10 (−0.02,0.21) 0.096	−0.06 (−0.23,0.11) 0.522	0.05 (−0.13,0.23) 0.583
4th quartile	0.10 (0.01,0.18) 0.025	0.11 (−0.01,0.23) 0.067	0.02 (−0.15,0.18) 0.830	0.12 (−0.06,0.30) 0.180
Moderate-to-vigorous LTPA (MET-h/week)
0^a	0	0	0	0
> 0 - ≤ 10.7	0.09 (0.01,0.16) 0.019	0.03 (−0.08,0.13) 0.595	0.11 (−0.04,0.25) 0.154	0.16 (0.01,0.31) 0.031
> 10.7	0.07 (−0.01,0.14) 0.088	0.01 (−0.10,0.12) 0.873	0.04 (−0.11,0.19) 0.595	0.14 (0.00,0.29) 0.058

Bold numbers represent statistically significant findings
All models are corrected for total working time in hours per day
h hours, ITE Institute of Technical Education, Kcal Kilocalorie, LTPA Leisure Time Physical Activity, MET Metabolic Equivalent of Task, NTC National Technical Certificate, O/N O and N levels, PSLE Primary School Leaving Exam, 12 years old, B Beta, CI Confidence Interval
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