Table 2.
Age-standardized (Italian population) sedentariness during leisure time and at work prevalence by sex, age classes, geographical area and educational level. Men and women residing in Italy aged 35–74 years, Health Examination Survey 2018–2019—CUORE Project.
| Men | Women | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedentariness during Leisure Time | ||||||||||||
| N | n | % | CI 95% |
χ2
p -value |
N | n | % | CI 95% |
χ2
p -value |
|||
| All | 1035 | 335 | 33.5 | 27.7 | 39.2 | 1071 | 474 | 44.6 | 38.7 | 50.6 | ||
| Age classes (years) | ||||||||||||
| 35–44 | 249 | 92 | 37.0 | 31.0 | 42.9 | <0.0001 | 238 | 102 | 42.9 | 36.6 | 49.1 | 0.6034 |
| 45–54 | 249 | 101 | 40.6 | 34.5 | 46.7 | 272 | 130 | 47.8 | 41.9 | 53.7 | ||
| 55–64 | 277 | 84 | 30.3 | 24.9 | 35.7 | 282 | 124 | 44.0 | 38.2 | 49.8 | ||
| 65–74 | 260 | 58 | 22.3 | 17.3 | 27.4 | 279 | 118 | 42.3 | 36.5 | 48.1 | ||
| Italian Area | ||||||||||||
| North | 410 | 124 | 31.0 | 22.1 | 40.0 | 0.1783 | 426 | 155 | 37.0 | 27.8 | 46.1 | <0.0001 |
| Centre | 207 | 62 | 30.8 | 18.2 | 43.4 | 213 | 91 | 42.8 | 29.5 | 56.2 | ||
| South | 418 | 149 | 37.2 | 27.9 | 46.5 | 432 | 228 | 53.1 | 43.7 | 62.5 | ||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Primary and middle school | 304 | 115 | 39.4 | 28.1 | 50.6 | <0.0001 | 341 | 182 | 53.8 | 43.0 | 64.5 | 0.5837 |
| High school and university | 728 | 220 | 31.1 | 24.5 | 37.8 | 728 | 291 | 40.5 | 33.4 | 47.6 | ||
| Sedentariness at work | ||||||||||||
| N | n | % | CI 95% |
χ2
p -value |
N | n | % | CI 95% |
χ2
p -value |
|||
| All | 767 | 332 | 45.2 | 38.3 | 52.0 | 833 | 290 | 46.9 | 40.2 | 53.6 | ||
| Age classes (years) | ||||||||||||
| 35–44 | 240 | 89 | 38.4 | 26.1 | 50.6 | 0.0125 | 231 | 92 | 47.4 | 34.3 | 60.6 | 0.9172 |
| 45–54 | 244 | 104 | 44.1 | 32.7 | 55.5 | 265 | 94 | 45.2 | 34.1 | 56.3 | ||
| 55–64 | 227 | 117 | 53.7 | 40.6 | 66.7 | 244 | 92 | 48.7 | 36.2 | 61.2 | ||
| 65–74 | 56 | 22 | 46.8 | 17.1 | 76.5 | 93 | 12 | 46.2 | 23.7 | 68.6 | ||
| Italian Area | ||||||||||||
| North | 315 | 140 | 45.2 | 34.5 | 55.9 | 0.6505 | 314 | 128 | 50.9 | 40.0 | 61.8 | 0.0557 |
| Centre | 159 | 73 | 47.7 | 32.5 | 62.9 | 166 | 66 | 50.6 | 35.5 | 65.6 | ||
| South | 293 | 119 | 43.7 | 32.6 | 54.8 | 353 | 96 | 40.6 | 30.5 | 50.7 | ||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Primary and middle school | 175 | 31 | 19.0 | 7.7 | 30.4 | <0.0001 | 231 | 25 | 21.0 | 10.5 | 31.5 | <0.0001 |
| High school and university | 589 | 301 | 52.7 | 44.8 | 60.5 | 600 | 265 | 53.1 | 45.3 | 61.0 | ||
| Sedentariness during leisure time and at work | ||||||||||||
| N | n | % | CI 95% |
χ2
p-value |
N | n | % | CI 95% |
χ2
p-value |
|||
| All | 752 | 114 | 15.6 | 10.5 | 20.6 | 734 | 132 | 18.2 | 13.0 | 23.3 | ||
| Age classes (years) | ||||||||||||
| 35–44 | 234 | 30 | 12.8 | 4.4 | 21.3 | 0.04 | 213 | 41 | 19.3 | 8.9 | 29.6 | 0.0940 |
| 45–54 | 241 | 47 | 19.5 | 10.4 | 28.6 | 237 | 44 | 18.6 | 9.9 | 27.2 | ||
| 55–64 | 224 | 34 | 15.2 | 5.8 | 24.6 | 221 | 43 | 19.5 | 9.6 | 29.3 | ||
| 65–74 | 53 | 3 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 63 | 4 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 17.2 | ||
| Italian Area | ||||||||||||
| North | 312 | 41 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 20.8 | 0.3834 | 296 | 49 | 17.1 | 8.9 | 25.3 | 0.7056 |
| Centre | 155 | 24 | 15.7 | 4.6 | 26.7 | 151 | 29 | 19.3 | 7.4 | 31.1 | ||
| South | 285 | 49 | 17.8 | 9.2 | 26.4 | 287 | 54 | 18.7 | 10.7 | 26.7 | ||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Primary and middle school | 169 | 14 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 0.0068 | 172 | 15 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 16.3 | 0.0005 |
| High school and university | 583 | 100 | 17.7 | 11.7 | 23.7 | 562 | 117 | 20.9 | 14.5 | 27.3 | ||
N: number of participants denominator. n: number of participants related to the prevalence numerator. Sedentariness during leisure time is defined as someone who usually carries out activities such as reading, watching television, getting to the movies or spend leisure time in other sedentary activities. Sedentariness at work is defined as one whose work mainly involves sitting at a desk and generally without the need to walk. SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval. Prevalence was age standardized by Italian National Institute of Statistics—ISTAT Italian population 2019 (except when it is reported by age-classes). Chi-square test to compare prevalence among classes. The pool was made of the following Italian regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily. Italian Area: North (Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia Romagna); Centre (Tuscany, Lazio); South (Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily).