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Table 4 Meeting the sedentary behaviour guideline: population prevalence and associations with sociodemographic variables

From: Trends and correlates of meeting 24-hour movement guidelines: a 15-year study among 167,577 Thai adults

Sociodemographic variable

Percentage (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

2001

2004

2009

2015

p-value

2001

2004

2009

2015

p-value

Total (n)

36.9 (36.5–37.4)

39.6 (39.1–40.1)

44.7 (44.2–45.1)

44.6 (44.1–45.0)

0.002*

     

Sex

 Male

35.7 (35.0–36.4)

36.4 (35.7–37.0)

38.5 (37.8–39.1)

41.7 (41.0–42.3)

<  0.001*

Ref

 Female

38.2 (37.5–38.9)

42.9 (42.2–43.6)

50.7 (50.1–51.4)

47.4 (46.8–48.0)

0.079*

1.23 (1.18–1.29)

1.47 (1.40–1.53)

1.85 (1.78–1.93)

1.44 (1.38–1.50)

0.147**

Age

 18–29

34.1 (33.3–34.9)

37.9 (37.1–38.7)

41.8 (41.0–42.6)

41.8 (40.9–42.6)

<  0.001**

Ref

 30–39

39.2 (38.3–40.1)

42.6 (41.7–43.6)

49.8 (48.9–50.7)

48.0 (47.1–48.9)

0.025*

0.88 (0.83–0.94)

0.88 (0.83–0.94)

1.07 (1.01–1.13)

0.95 (0.90–1.00)

0.632*

 40–49

39.3 (38.3–40.4)

40.2 (39.2–41.3)

44.1 (43.2–45.0)

45.6 (44.7–46.5)

<  0.001*

0.83 (0.78–0.89)

0.77 (0.72–0.82)

0.80 (0.75–0.85)

0.80 (0.75–0.85)

0.952*

 50–59

35.9 (34.6–37.2)

37.3 (36.1–38.5)

42.9 (41.9–44.0)

43.1 (42.1–44.1)

0.001*

0.76 (0.71–0.82)

0.70 (0.65–0.75)

0.81 (0.75–0.86)

0.76 (0.71–0.81)

0.856*

Household area

 Urban

34.9 (34.1–35.7)

38.3 (37.4–39.1)

45.5 (44.7–46.3)

45.2 (44.6–45.9)

0.002*

Ref

 Rural

37.9 (37.3–38.5)

40.3 (39.7–40.9)

44.3 (43.7–44.8)

44.0 (43.4–44.6)

0.005*

0.96 (0.91–1.02)

0.93 (0.87–0.98)

0.90 (0.86–0.95)

0.94 (0.90–0.98)

0.935*

Region

 Bangkok

35.1 (33.7–36.5)

35.6 (34.3–36.9)

44.2 (42.8–45.6)

46.4 (45.2–47.6)

<  0.001*

Ref

 Central

35.1 (34.1–36.1)

39.5 (38.5–40.5)

45.9 (44.9–46.8)

44.2 (43.4–45.0)

0.029*

0.89 (0.82–0.97)

1.11 (1.02–1.20)

1.12 (1.04–1.21)

0.85 (0.80–0.91)

0.677*

 North

39.4 (38.3–40.6)

46.3 (45.1–47.4)

46.5 (45.5–47.6)

46.8 (45.7–47.9)

0.137*

0.98 (0.90–1.08)

1.46 (1.34–1.59)

1.16 (1.06–1.25)

0.99 (0.92–1.07)

0.623*

 North-East

38.2 (37.4–39.1)

39.0 (38.2–39.9)

43.2 (42.5–44.0)

42.4 (41.5–43.3)

0.022*

0.96 (0.88–1.05)

1.04 (0.96–1.13)

1.03 (0.95–1.12)

0.84 (0.78–0.90)

0.548*

 South

35.0 (33.6–36.4)

35.9 (34.5–37.3)

44.0 (42.7–45.2)

44.8 (43.6–46.1)

0.001*

0.85 (0.77–0.94)

0.95 (0.86–1.05)

1.03 (0.94–1.12)

0.90 (0.83–0.98)

0.878*

Marital status

 Never married

26.9 (26.0–27.8)

30.8 (29.9–31.7)

36.5 (35.5–37.4)

37.1 (36.3–37.9)

0.001*

Ref

 Married

40.3 (39.8–40.9)

42.6 (42.0–43.2)

46.7 (46.2–47.3)

47.4 (46.8–48.0)

<  0.001*

1.62 (1.52–1.72)

1.52 (1.43–1.61)

1.41 (1.34–1.48)

1.44 (1.37–1.51)

0.609*

 Formerly married

38.6 (36.6–40.7)

40.8 (38.7–42.9)

51.3 (49.6–53.1)

47.8 (46.1–49.4)

0.070*

1.52 (1.36–1.69)

1.45 (1.30–1.61)

1.63 (1.49–1.78)

1.48 (1.36–1.60)

0.993*

Religion

 Buddhist

37.0 (36.5–37.5)

39.9 (39.3–40.4)

44.6 (44.2–45.1)

44.6 (44.2–45.1)

0.002*

Ref

 Non-Buddhist

36.7 (34.5–38.9)

35.1 (32.9–37.3)

45.8 (43.7–47.8)

43.9 (41.8–46.0)

0.066*

0.99 (0.89–1.10)

0.92 (0.82–1.03)

1.07 (0.97–1.17)

0.95 (0.87–1.05)

0.980*

Employment status

 Employed

40.7 (40.2–41.3)

43.2 (42.6–43.7)

48.0 (47.5–48.5)

48.8 (48.3–49.3)

<  0.001*

Ref

 Unemployed

18.9 (18.0–20.0)

23.0 (22.0–24.1)

28.2 (27.2–29.2)

26.9 (26.0–27.8)

<  0.001**

0.34 (0.31–0.36)

0.37 (0.35–0.39)

0.36 (0.34–0.39)

0.36 (0.34–0.38)

0.819*

Highest education level

 None

45.1 (42.3–47.9)

41.3 (38.5–44.1)

43.5 (41.3–45.6)

43.3 (41.9–44.8)

0.817*

Ref

 Primary

40.1 (39.5–40.8)

41.8 (41.2–42.5)

44.9 (44.3–45.6)

45.6 (44.8–46.3)

<  0.001*

0.70 (0.62–0.79)

0.94 (0.83–1.07)

0.96 (0.87–1.05)

1.08 (1.01–1.15)

0.215*

 Secondary

31.9 (31.0–32.8)

37.1 (36.2–38.0)

44.7 (43.8–45.5)

46.8 (46.0–47.6)

<  0.001*

0.59 (0.52–0.67)

0.88 (0.78–1.01)

1.01 (0.92–1.11)

1.13 (1.06–1.21)

0.060*

 Higher education

28.8 (27.4–30.2)

35.6 (34.2–36.9)

44.0 (42.9–45.1)

40.2 (39.3–41.1)

<  0.001**

0.43 (0.38–0.50)

0.73 (0.63–0.84)

0.96 (0.86–1.06)

0.90 (0.84–0.97)

0.048**

 Unspecified

33.1 (22.9–43.3)

34.9 (26.5–43.3)

73.1 (65.0–81.3)

62.3 (56.2–68.4)

0.083*

0.58 (0.35–0.93)

0.75 (0.50–1.11)

3.13 (2.04–4.90)

1.83 (1.40–2.41)

0.061**

  1. CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio adjusted for all other variables in the table, Ref Reference group
  2. * = linear model; ** = quadratic model