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) |