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. 2019 Dec 13;77(2):77–83. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-106173

Table 2.

Age adjusted associations between commuting time and behaviour-related health outcomes

Commuting time Normal working hours Long working hours
Nobservations* OR 95% CI Nobservations* OR 95% CI
Overweight (vs normal) 1469 3371
 1–5 1 1
 6–10 1.00 0.70 to 1.43 1.07 0.85 to 1.35
 11–15 0.97 0.45 to 2.11 1.13 0.73 to 1.74
 >15 1.17 0.35 to 3.86 1.44 0.65 to 3.17
 1–5 1 1
 >5 1.01 0.72 to 1.41 1.08 0.87 to 1.36
Obesity (vs overweight) 861 1966
 1–5 1 1
 6–10 0.87 0.51 to 1.49 0.98 0.71 to 1.34
 11–15 0.87 0.29 to 2.62 1.28 0.73 to 2.24
 >15 1.69 0.32 to 8.97 1.36 0.62 to 2.97
 1–5 1 1
 >5 0.89 0.53 to 1.50 1.03 0.76 to 1.40
Physical inactivity 1720 474
 1–5 1 1
 6–10 1.10 0.80 to 1.51 1.28 1.05 to 1.56
 11–15 1.00 0.50 to 1.99 1.18 0.82 to 1.71
 >15 1.17 0.37 to 3.68 0.91 0.50 to 1.66
 1–5 1 1
 >5 1.09 0.80 to 1.48 1.24 1.03 to 1.51
Smoking 668 1376
 1–5 1 1
 6–10 1.01 0.59 to 1.74 0.95 0.67 to 1.35
 11–15 0.57 0.17 to 1.97 1.05 0.50 to 2.20
 >15 1.29 0.11 to 15.27 1.10 0.37 to 3.30
 1–5 1 1
 >5 0.99 0.58 to 1.70 0.97 0.69 to 1.35
Problem drinking 798 2183
 1–5 1 1
 6–10 0.91 0.57 to 1.47 1.20 0.91 to 1.59
 11–15 0.40 0.16 to 1.02 1.05 0.60 to 1.83
 >15 0.42 0.09 to 1.91 1.32 0.51 to 3.45
 1–5 1 1
 >5 0.80 0.51 to 1.25 1.19 0.91 to 1.55
Sleep problems 2811 6720
 1–5 1 1
 6–10 1.09 0.84 to 1.41 1.12 0.96 to 1.30
 11–15 0.95 0.56 to 1.61 1.30 0.98 to 1.74
 >15 0.55 0.23 to 1.34 1.39 0.86 to 2.24
 1–5 1 1
 >5 1.04 0.81 to 1.33 1.15 0.99 to 1.33

*Number of observations informative in the analysis, that is, those with change in the outcome. Observations with no change in the outcome were excluded from the analyses.