Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population by TV screen time in 3305 Singaporeans
| |
TV screen time (hours/day) |
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1- 1.99 | 2-2.99 | >=3 | p for trend | |
| N (%) |
488 (14.77) |
1031 (31.20) |
977 (29.56) |
809 (24.48) |
|
| Age, years (mean±SD) |
47.06 ± 10.62 |
46.20 ± 10.44 |
46.67 ± 10.43 |
48.58 ± 11.48 |
<0.0001 |
| Sex (N, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
242 (49.59) |
503 (48.79) |
450 (46.06) |
328 (40.54) |
0.0002 |
| Female |
246 (50.41) |
528 (51.21) |
527 (53.94) |
481 (59.46) |
|
| Ethnicity (N, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Chinese |
356 (72.95) |
719 (69.74) |
666 (68.17) |
546 (67.49) |
0.22 |
| Malay |
60 (12.30) |
175 (16.97) |
184 (18.83) |
150 (18.54) |
|
| Indian |
72 (14.75) |
137 (13.29) |
127 (13.00) |
113 (13.97) |
|
| Highest level of education (N, %) |
|
|
|
||
| None/ primary |
105 (21.56) |
175 (16.97) |
195 (19.96) |
235 (29.05) |
<0.0001 |
| Secondary |
170 (34.91) |
402 (38.99) |
390 (39.92) |
341 (42.15) |
|
| Vocational training |
87 (17.86) |
241 (23.38) |
237 (24.26) |
155 (19.16) |
|
| University |
125 (25.67) |
213 (20.66) |
155 (15.86) |
78 (9.64) |
|
| Current Employment status (N, %) |
|
|
|
||
| Yes |
389 (79.71) |
848 (82.25) |
761(77.89) |
484 (59.83) |
<0.0001 |
| No |
99 (20.29) |
183 (17.75) |
216 (22.11) |
325 (40.17) |
|
| Cigarette smoking (N, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Never smoker |
387 (79.30) |
830 (80.50) |
757 (77.48) |
640 (79.11) |
0.96 |
| Current smoker |
59 (12.09) |
128 (12.42) |
129 (13.20) |
122 (15.08) |
|
| Ex-smoker |
42 (8.61) |
73 (7.08) |
91 (9.31) |
47 (5.81) |
|
| Current alcohol consumption (N, %) | 81 (16.60) | 173 (16.78) | 190 (19.45) | 139 (17.18) | 0.49 |