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. 2015 Mar 30;2:247–249. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.03.011

Table 1.

Characteristics of Washington State Group Health members completing at least one health risk assessments in 2009–2011 by self-reported sitting time.

Characteristic Overall Self-reported sitting time
< 7 h/day ≥ 7 h/day
Total sample, N 3538 2395 1143
Age, mean (SD) 72.6 (6) 72.6 (5.8) 72.8 (6.5)
Male, N (%) 1790 (51%) 1170 (49%) 620 (54%)
White, N (%) 3266 (92%) 2218 (93%) 1048 (92%)
Hispanic, N (%) 76 (2%) 49 (2%) 27 (2%)
BMI category, N (%)
 Healthy weight 1014 (29%) 748 (31%) 266 (23%)
 Overweight 1507 (43%) 1040 (43%) 467 (41%)
 Obese 1017 (29%) 607 (25%) 410 (36%)
BMI, mean (SD) 28.1 (5.2) 27.6 (4.9) 29.1 (5.7)
Diabetes, N (%) 544 (15%) 320 (13%) 224 (20%)
Cardiovascular disease, N (%) 1151 (33%) 726 (30%) 425 (37%)
Self-reported sitting time, mean (SD) 6.1 (3.2) 4.3 (1.3) 9.6 (2.8)
Self-reported physical activity, N (%)
 None 536 (15%) 236 (10%) 300 (26%)
 > 0–< 1 h/day 265 (7%) 173 (7%) 92 (8%)
 1–< 2 h/day 866 (24%) 582 (24%) 284 (25%)
 2–< 3 h/day 573 (16%) 399 (17%) 174 (15%)
 3–< 5 h/day 836 (24%) 623 (26%) 213 (19%)
 > 5 h/day 462 (13%) 382 (16%) 80 (7%)
Self-rated health, N (%)
 Excellent 401 (11%) 312 (13%) 89 (8%)
 Very good 1511 (43%) 1088 (45%) 423 (37%)
 Good 1216 (34%) 810 (34%) 406 (36%)
 Fair 348 (10%) 164 (7%) 184 (16%)
 Poor 62 (2%) 21 (1%) 41 (4%)
Cancer, N (%) 678 (19%) 462 (19%) 216 (19%)
Total costs, mean (SD) 7308.7 (10,521.7) 6850.2 (9505.7) 8269.4 (12,332.7)
Hospital admissions, mean (SD) 0.2 (1.2) 0.2 (1.1) 0.3 (1.3)
Primary care visits, mean (SD) 4.7 (4.1) 4.5 (3.8) 5 (4.7)
Specialty visits, mean (SD) 6.9 (6.4) 6.7 (6.3) 7.2 (6.5)