Table 3.
Comparison of Sedentary Behavior Rate between Japanese Male and Female versus Age- and Gender-adjusted J-NHANS
| Characteristics | Male in Pitt |
J-NHANS |
Female in Pitt |
J-NHANS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Male) | (Female) | |||
| Sitting/lying, weekday |
|
|
|
|
| Longer half group├ |
50.0n.s. |
50.8 |
45.6 |
73.0 |
| Sitting/lying, weekend |
|
|
|
|
| Longer half group┤ |
42.5* |
60.6 |
33.3 |
78.3 |
| TV/computer, Weekday |
|
|
|
|
| Longer half group┬ |
52.5* |
37.1 |
56.1* |
73.0 |
| TV/computer, Weekend |
|
|
|
|
| Longer half group┬ | 42.5n.s. | 54.7 | 28.9 | 81.2 |
├Sitting/lying time > 8 hours/day for male and > 6 hours/day for female.
┤Sitting/lying time > 6 hours/day for male and > 4 hours/day for female.
┬TV/computer time during weekday > 4 hours/day for male and >2 hours/day for female.
Pitt indicates Pittsburgh; J-NHANS, the National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan.
*indicates p < 0.05; p < 0.001; n.s., not significant.