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Table 2 Association between sedentary time and depressive symptoms estimated by multivariable logistic regression (overall and by sex)

From: Sedentary behavior and depressive symptoms among 67,077 adolescents aged 12–15 years from 30 low- and middle-income countries

 

Overalla

Femaleb

Maleb

Time spent sedentary

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

< 1 h/day

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1–2 h/day

0.94

[0.86,1.02]

1.01

[0.91,1.13]

0.86*

[0.77,0.97]

3–4 h/day

1.15**

[1.05,1.27]

1.19**

[1.05,1.36]

1.09

[0.96,1.24]

5–6 h/day

1.25**

[1.09,1.44]

1.30**

[1.08,1.57]

1.19

[0.96,1.47]

7–8 h/day

1.44*

[1.07,1.92]

1.63**

[1.19,2.24]

1.25

[0.86,1.81]

> 8 h/day

1.53***

[1.30,1.81]

1.57***

[1.26,1.95]

1.48***

[1.19,1.85]

  1. Abbreviation: OR Odds ratio; CI Confidence interval
  2. aAdjusted for age, sex, physical activity, and country
  3. bAdjusted for age, physical activity, and country
  4. *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001