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. 2024 Feb 16;15:1281681. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1281681

Table 2.

Results for all participants in terms of hours spent sitting daily, whether working, studying or sedentary during leisure time.

All Active Inactive p Cramer’s V
Sitting during work/study **
Sitting <1 h 13 (2.5%) 8 (2.0%) 5 (4.0%) 0.176
Sitting 1–2 h 38 (7.2%) 30 (7.5%) 8 (6.5%) ** 0.017
Sitting 2–3 h 50 (9.5%) 44 (10.9%) 6 (4.8%) ** 0.088
Sitting 3–4 h 54 (10.3%) 42(10.4%) 12 (9.7%) ** 0.011
Sitting 4–5 h 71 (13.5%) 66 (16.4%) 5 (4.0%) ** 0.154
Sitting 5–6 h 77 (14.6%) 50 (12.4%) 27 (21.8%) ** 0.112
Sitting >6 h 223 (42.4%) 162 (40.3%) 61 (49.2%) ** 0.076
Sedentary behavior during leisure **
Sedentary behavior for <1 h 101 (19.2%) 87 (21.6%) 14 (11.3%) ** 0.112
Sedentary behavior for 1–2 h 214 (40.7%) 174 (43.3%) 40 (32.3%) ** 0.095
Sedentary behavior for 2–3 h 120 (22.8%) 93 (23.1%) 27 (21.8%) ** 0.014
Sedentary behavior for 3–4 h 46 (8.7%) 31 (7.7%) 15 (12.1%) * 0.066
Sedentary behavior for 4–5 h 23 (4.4%) 9 (2.2%) 14 (11.3%) 0.188
Sedentary behavior for 5–6 h 10 (1.9%) 3 (0.7%) 7 (5.6%) 0.152
Sedentary behavior for >6 h 12 (2.3%) 5 (1.2%) 7 (5.6%) 0.125

p, results of Pearson’s Chi-square test, **p < 0.01 and *p < 0.05 significant differences in terms of hours sitting per day both working and sedentary in leisure time between active and inactive women.