Table 2 Trends in prevalence (%) of high levels of leisure-time sedentary behavior (≥3 h/day) in 26 countries (overall and by sex)

Country

Year

% [95%CI]

beta^a [95%CI]

p for trend^a

% [95%CI]

beta^a [95%CI]

p for trend^a

% [95%CI]

beta^a [95%CI]

p for trend^a

 Benin

2009

18.4 [15.7,21.4]

0.96 [−0.01,1.94]

0.052

20.0 [16.8,23.5]

0.62 [−0.52,1.77]

0.276

15.8 [12.3,20.1]

1.55 [0.58,2.51]

0.003

2016

25.2 [19.7,31.5]

24.3 [18.0,32.0]

26.7 [21.8,32.2]

 Mauritius

2007

32.4 [28.5,36.7]

0.58 [−0.02,1.18]

0.057

31.8 [27.2,36.8]

0.25 [− 0.45,0.94]

0.477

33.0 [26.6,40.0]

0.84 [− 0.14,1.82]

0.090

2011

39.2 [35.9,42.6]

37.7 [32.7,42.9]

40.5 [36.4,44.8]

2017

39.0 [35.0,43.3]

35.1 [30.9,39.7]

42.1 [35.6,48.9]

 Namibia

2004

30.7 [28.8,32.8]

0.71 [0.35,1.08]

< 0.001

29.6 [26.8,32.7]

0.61 [0.07,1.15]

0.028

31.4 [29.0,34.0]

0.78 [0.39,1.17]

< 0.001

2013

37.2 [34.7,39.7]

35.1 [31.5,39.0]

38.4 [36.1,40.8]

 Seychelles

2007

51.4 [50.7,52.1]

−0.27 [−0.65,0.10]

0.155

50.5 [49.4,51.6]

− 0.64 [−1.15,-0.13]

0.014

52.0 [50.5,53.5]

0.10 [− 0.38,0.58]

0.689

2015

49.2 [46.3,52.2]

45.4 [41.5,49.3]

52.8 [49.2,56.3]

 Argentina

2007

48.7 [41.5,56.0]

0.23 [−1.27,1.73]

0.766

43.6 [37.1,50.3]

0.62 [−0.81,2.05]

0.395

53.4 [44.3,62.3]

−0.09 [− 1.96,1.79]

0.928

2012

49.9 [48.3,51.4]

46.7 [44.0,49.4]

53.0 [50.8,55.1]

 Guatemala

2009

25.2 [21.4,29.5]

−0.39 [− 1.54,0.76]

0.503

25.1 [21.8,28.7]

−0.60 [− 1.78,0.57]

0.313

25.6 [20.7,31.1]

−0.17 [−1.51,1.16]

0.797

2015

22.9 [17.8,28.8]

21.5 [16.0,28.2]

24.5 [19.1,30.9]

 Guyana

2004

36.3 [32.5,40.3]

−0.11 [−1.19,0.98]

0.844

40.8 [34.9,47.0]

−0.96 [−2.32,0.40]

0.159

32.8 [28.1,37.8]

0.54 [−0.80,1.89]

0.416

2010

35.7 [30.9,40.7]

35.0 [30.3,40.1]

36.0 [30.2,42.2]

 Suriname

2009

40.3 [35.8,44.9]

0.57 [−0.25,1.39]

0.166

40.0 [33.9,46.5]

0.47 [−0.61,1.55]

0.377

40.3 [36.0,44.8]

0.69 [−0.18,1.57]

0.116

2016

44.2 [41.2,47.3]

43.4 [39.9,46.9]

45.2 [41.3,49.1]

 Trinidad & Tobago

2007

49.1 [46.2,52.1]

−0.26 [−0.68,0.15]

0.216

45.6 [41.5,49.7]

−0.43 [−1.04,0.19]

0.171

52.3 [48.1,56.6]

−0.12 [− 0.71,0.46]

0.678

2011

44.0 [40.7,47.4]

40.1 [33.6,46.8]

48.0 [44.8,51.2]

2017

46.2 [43.3,49.1]

41.0 [36.4,45.8]

50.8 [46.7,54.8]

 Uruguay

2006

49.6 [47.3,51.9]

1.45 [0.82,2.08]

< 0.001

46.8 [43.1,50.6]

1.56 [0.69,2.43]

0.001

51.9 [49.3,54.5]

1.37 [0.59,2.15]

0.001

2012

58.3 [55.4,61.2]

56.2 [52.7,59.6]

60.1 [56.3,63.8]

 Egypt

2006

23.1 [18.6,28.3]

0.88 [−0.60,2.37]

0.239

22.0 [18.1,26.4]

2.72 [1.00,4.44]

0.002

24.0 [16.8,33.0]

−0.87 [−2.85,1.10]

0.377

2011

27.5 [22.5,33.3]

35.6 [28.7,43.2]

19.6 [15.0,25.3]

 Jordan

2004

41.2 [38.0,44.6]

−1.01 [−2.85,0.82]

0.267

41.7 [36.5,47.2]

−1.91 [−4.39,0.57]

0.125

40.5 [37.0,44.2]

− 0.16 [−2.74,2.43]

0.901

2007

38.2 [34.2,42.3]

36.0 [31.5,40.7]

40.1 [33.8,46.7]

 Kuwait

2011

53.1 [48.5,57.7]

2.45 [0.56,4.34]

0.013

49.2 [41.8,56.6]

3.04 [0.40,5.69]

0.026

57.3 [52.3,62.2]

1.78 [−0.35,3.91]

0.097

2015

62.9 [57.1,68.3]

61.4 [54.3,67.9]

64.5 [57.9,70.6]

 Lebanon

2011

47.2 [42.9,51.6]

−1.17 [−2.07,-0.28]

0.011

45.3 [40.1,50.7]

−0.72 [− 1.78,0.35]

0.182

48.9 [44.7,53.2]

−1.57 [− 2.51,-0.63]

0.002

2017

40.2 [37.4,43.1]

41.0 [37.8,44.3]

39.5 [36.1,43.0]

 Morocco

2006

29.9 [27.6,32.4]

−0.30 [−0.71,0.11]

0.147

29.0 [26.0,32.3]

−0.08 [− 0.56,0.41]

0.755

31.1 [27.6,34.9]

−0.55 [− 1.05,-0.05]

0.033

2010

25.7 [23.2,28.4]

25.3 [22.6,28.3]

26.0 [22.7,29.6]

2016

26.3 [23.3,29.5]

27.6 [24.2,31.3]

25.0 [21.8,28.5]

 Oman

2005

34.2 [31.0,37.5]

0.33 [−0.16,0.83]

0.181

33.2 [30.0,36.5]

0.57 [0.00,1.14]

0.050

35.3 [29.3,41.8]

0.07 [− 0.80,0.93]

0.875

2010

32.4 [29.0,36.0]

32.9 [29.6,36.5]

31.8 [26.7,37.4]

2015

38.0 [34.4,41.6]

39.4 [34.7,44.3]

36.4 [31.0,42.2]

 United Arab Emirates

2005

38.8 [37.1,40.4]

1.41 [1.01,1.81]

< 0.001

37.2 [35.3,39.2]

0.88 [0.44,1.33]

< 0.001

40.2 [37.9,42.5]

1.90 [1.42,2.39]

< 0.001

2010

51.0 [47.1,54.8]

44.8 [40.2,49.4]

55.1 [50.2,59.8]

2016

54.7 [50.7,58.6]

47.2 [43.0,51.4]

61.7 [57.0,66.1]

 Yemen

2008

26.8 [23.1,30.8]

−1.23 [−2.24,-0.22]

0.018

26.2 [22.6,30.3]

−1.56 [−2.71,-0.41]

0.009

26.7 [20.8,33.6]

−0.73 [− 2.15,0.68]

0.297

2014

19.4 [15.4,24.0]

16.9 [12.2,22.9]

22.3 [17.8,27.6]

 Indonesia

2007

33.8 [29.2,38.8]

−1.17 [−1.83,-0.51]

0.001

33.1 [27.8,38.9]

−1.01 [− 1.78,-0.25]

0.010

34.4 [29.5,39.7]

−1.31 [−2.02,-0.61]

< 0.001

2015

24.5 [22.8,26.3]

25.0 [22.9,27.3]

23.9 [21.9,26.0]

 Myanmar

2007

9.7 [7.6,12.2]

0.73 [0.35,1.10]

< 0.001

11.9 [9.2,15.3]

0.60 [0.11,1.09]

0.018

7.5 [5.6,9.8]

0.84 [0.47,1.21]

< 0.001

2016

16.2 [13.9,18.7]

17.3 [14.5,20.6]

15.0 [12.7,17.7]

 Sri Lanka

2008

33.2 [31.0,35.4]

0.25 [−0.41,0.90]

0.449

33.9 [30.5,37.4]

0.26 [−0.58,1.11]

0.535

32.6 [30.0,35.3]

0.24 [−0.55,1.03]

0.542

2016

35.1 [30.7,39.8]

36.0 [30.6,41.7]

34.5 [29.2,40.2]

 Thailand

2008

37.6 [33.2,42.3]

1.86 [1.08,2.64]

< 0.001

37.7 [33.4,42.2]

1.79 [0.87,2.71]

< 0.001

37.5 [31.6,43.8]

1.92 [0.86,2.98]

0.001

2015

50.7 [47.9,53.4]

50.2 [45.8,54.7]

50.9 [47.1,54.8]

 Fiji

2010

27.2 [23.5,31.2]

0.28 [−0.62,1.19]

0.528

29.9 [24.3,36.2]

−0.34 [−1.52,0.84]

0.560

24.6 [18.8,31.5]

0.78 [−0.56,2.12]

0.245

2016

28.9 [25.5,32.5]

27.9 [24.7,31.3]

29.3 [25.1,33.8]

 Philippines

2003

27.9 [23.9,32.5]

0.22 [−0.25,0.69]

0.353

25.1 [20.0,30.9]

0.46 [−0.15,1.07]

0.139

29.9 [25.8,34.5]

0.07 [−0.44,0.58]

0.782

2007

29.5 [24.5,35.0]

26.4 [22.1,31.3]

31.9 [25.8,38.6]

2011

32.0 [25.8,38.9]

29.7 [23.4,36.8]

34.1 [27.4,41.5]

2015

30.7 [27.1,34.5]

30.4 [25.4,35.8]

31.0 [27.0,35.2]

 Tonga

2010

29.2 [26.6,32.0]

−1.28 [−1.78,-0.78]

< 0.001

28.4 [25.0,32.1]

−0.81 [− 1.48,-0.14]

0.019

30.0 [26.5,33.7]

−1.75 [−2.38,-1.11]

< 0.001

2017

20.3 [18.2,22.6]

22.8 [25.0,32.1]

17.7 [15.3,20.4]

 Vanuatu

2011

19.0 [14.5,24.5]

0.40 [−0.79,1.58]

0.505

22.1 [15.0,31.3]

−0.11 [−1.92,1.70]

0.900

15.8 [11.7,21.0]

0.98 [−0.28,2.25]

0.126

2016

21.0 [18.2,24.0]

21.5 [18.3,25.1]

20.7 [16.9,25.1]