Table 5.
Associations between baseline workplace sitting in 2012 and neck complaints in the last 12 months in 2017 (yes/no) stratified by leisure time physical activity to baseline among 2,082 employees aged 31–60 years in Germany. Poisson regressions. Prevalence Ratios (PR).
| Exposure | Strata defined by leisure time physical activity prior to baseline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neck, n = 1137 | ||||||
| Occupational sitting 2012 | none of the time | little/some of the time | mostly/all the time | |||
| PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI | PR | 95% CI | |
| Model 3 | ||||||
| Under 5 h/week | 1 | (Ref) | 1 | (Ref) | 1 | (Ref) |
| 5 to < 15 h/week | 1.23 | 1.03–1.47 | 0.93 | 0.79–1.10 | 0.68 | 0.44–1.03 |
| 15 to < 25 h/week | 1.17 | 0.96–1.43 | 1.10 | 0.93–1.30 | 0.97 | 0.65–1.45 |
| 25 to < 35 h/week | 1.46 | 1.18–1.80 | 1.05 | 0.88–1.26 | 0.83 | 0.49–1.41 |
| 35 or more hours/week | 1.20 | 0.96–1.49 | 0.90 | 0.74–1.10 | 0.66 | 0.30–1.43 |
Model 3: adjusted for sex, age, occupational level, BMI, smoking, musculoskeletal diseases at baseline, psychological disorders and lifting/carrying heavy loads at work
PR: prevalence ratio, Ref: reference category