Table 3.

Logistic regression analyses of socio-demographic and health-related characteristics and high levels of total (non-occupational) sedentary time

	OR (95% CI) ≥69% total sedentary time
	Univariate	Multivariable
Gender
Male (ref)	1.00	1.00
Female	0.20 (0.16–0.26)	0.21 (0.15–0.29)
Age
18–34 years old (ref)	1.00	1.00
35–49 years old	0.42 (0.30–0.59)	0.31 (0.21–0.46)
50–64 years old	0.74 (0.53–1.01)	0.60 (0.40–0.90)
≥ 65 years old	0.80 (0.57–1.12)	0.94 (0.55–1.62)
Educational level
Low (ref)	1.00	1.00
Middle	1.22 (0.91–1.62)	1.03 (0.72–1.46)
High	1.45 (1.09–1.93)	1.18 (0.83–1.68)
Work status
Not working (ref)	1.00	1.00
Part-time	0.68 (0.49–0.94)	1.33 (0.84–2.12)
Full-time	1.90 (1.46–2.47)	1.71 (1.13–2.58)
Self-reported health
Very good/good (ref)	1.00
Not good	1.02 (0.74–1.41)
Mobility issues
No issues (ref)	1.00
Issues	0.97 (0.69–1.38)
Weight status
Normal (BMI 18.5–24.9; ref)	1.00	1.00
Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9)	1.36 (1.06–1.75)	1.27 (0.95–1.69)
Obese (BMI ≥30.0)	1.48 (1.00–2.21)	1.67 (1.06–2.64)
Sleep time
Sleeping 7–9 h/day (ref)	1.00
Sleeping < 7 or > 9 h/day	1.20 (0.95–1.52)
Smoking behaviour
No (ref)	1.00
Yes	1.25 (0.96–1.64)
Drinking alcohol
Never (ref)	1.00	1.00
1–7 glasses/week	1.58 (1.15–2.17)	1.29 (0.90–1.85)
> 7 glasses/week	2.11 (1.50–2.95)	1.12 (0.76–1.66)
Eating take-away food
Never (ref)	1.00	1.00
Less than once a month	0.90 (0.65–1.23)	0.89 (0.61–1.29)
Once a month or more	1.36 (1.02–1.80)	1.26 (0.89–1.79)
Happiness
Very happy/happy (ref)	1.00
Not happy	0.85 (0.51–1.43)

p < 0.05 in bold. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, ref reference category, BMI Body Mass

The cut-point for high levels of total (non-occupational) sedentary time (≥69% of the total waking, non-occupational time/day) is based on the 75th percentile