Table 1.
Sample characteristics (overall and by highly sedentary behavior)
| Highly sedentary behaviora | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Category | N | Overall | No | Yes |
| Number of chronic conditions | 0 | 6624 | 22.2 | 23.2 | 14.6 |
| 1 | 11,437 | 32.3 | 33.3 | 24.1 | |
| 2 | 7430 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 20.7 | |
| 3 | 3880 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 16.4 | |
| ≥4 | 3214 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 24.1 | |
| Sociodemographics | |||||
| Age (years) | Median (IQR) | 62 (55–70) | 61 (55–70) | 67 (58–75) | |
| Sex | Male | 15,666 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 45.1 |
| Education | ≤Primary | 21,264 | 57.4 | 58.8 | 47.7 |
| Secondary | 9943 | 35.2 | 34.1 | 41.8 | |
| ≥Tertiary | 2189 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 10.5 | |
| Wealth | Poorest | 6496 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 20.7 |
| Poorer | 6697 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 21.7 | |
| Middle | 6648 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 19.1 | |
| Richer | 7009 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 18.0 | |
| Richest | 7147 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 20.5 | |
| Setting | Urban | 17,115 | 46.2 | 45.4 | 51.5 |
| Unemployed | Yes | 20,134 | 57.3 | 55.7 | 70.9 |
| Living arrangement | Alone | 3608 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 18.8 |
| Chronic physical conditions | |||||
| Angina | Yes | 4921 | 17.6 | 16.4 | 25.5 |
| Arthritis | Yes | 9514 | 29.5 | 28.5 | 37.3 |
| Asthma | Yes | 2390 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 10.7 |
| Chronic back pain | Yes | 2543 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 15.9 |
| Chronic lung disease | Yes | 4477 | 15.8 | 14.5 | 25.2 |
| Diabetes | Yes | 2647 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 8.4 |
| Edentulism | Yes | 4124 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 19.7 |
| Hearing problems | Yes | 2075 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 11.1 |
| Hypertension | Yes | 20,141 | 55.0 | 54.0 | 61.9 |
| Stroke | Yes | 1190 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 7.0 |
| Visual impairment | Yes | 353 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| Health status | |||||
| Mobility | Median (IQR) | 27 (0–58) | 27 (0–51) | 51 (27–73) | |
| Pain/discomfort | Median (IQR) | 36 (0–56) | 36 (0–46) | 36 (18–56) | |
| Cognition | Median (IQR) | 50 (40–69) | 31 (0–50) | 41 (20–60) | |
| Sleep/energy | Median (IQR) | 20 (0–49) | 20 (0–40) | 40 (0–59) | |
| Other variables | |||||
| Disability | Median (IQR) | 11 (3–31) | 11 (3–28) | 25 (8–47) | |
| Anxiety | Yes | 2046 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 13.6 |
| Depression | Yes | 1692 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 8.7 |
Abbreviation: IQR Interquartile range
Data are column percentages unless otherwise stated
Estimates are based on weighted sample
aHighly sedentary behavior referred to being sedentary for ≥8 h/day