Table 2.

Meta-analysis of the association between different demographic, macroeconomic, and human development factors and sitting time (third tertile vs. first tertile)

	Men			Women
	OR (95%CI)	% Weight	I2	OR (95%CI)	% Weight	I2
Total population
Overall	0.94 (0.81–1.08)	100.00	0.0% (p = 0.741)	0.97 (0.83–1.14)	100.00	0.0% (p = 0.780)
Argentina	0.87 (0.72–1.06)	56.47		0.91 (0.71–1.16)	42.75
Brazil	1.05 (0.81–1.35)	32.90		1.07 (0.83–1.38)	39.27
Chile	0.95 (0.59–1.53)	9.64		0.92 (0.62–1.35)	19.88
Peru	1.02 (0.23–4.46)	0.99		1.33 (0.29–6.18)	1.10
Population density
Overall	1.04 (0.85–1.29)	100.00	34.5% (p = 0.205)	1.10 (0.94–1.28)	100.00	0.0% (p = 0.413)
Argentina	1.02 (0.85–1.23)	47.16		1.12 (0.89–1.42)	44.70
Brazil	1.20 (0.94–1.52)	38.01		1.18 (0.92–1.50)	41.38
Chile	0.90 (0.54–1.52)	13.12		0.88 (0.57–1.36)	13.02
Peru	0.26 (0.05–1.24)	1.71		0.39 (0.07–2.01)	0.90
Gross Domestic Product
Overall	1.09 (0.94–1.25)	100.00	0.0% (p = 0.392)	0.99 (0.84–1.17)	100.00	2.8% (p = 0.378)
Argentina	1.19 (0.99–1.44)	59.29		1.18 (0.91–1.53)	40.13
Brazil	0.95 (0.73–1.22)	31.40		0.86 (0.67–1.11)	42.26
Chile	1.00 (0.61–1.63)	8.44		0.95 (0.63–1.43)	16.39
Peru	0.57 (0.12–2.58)	0.88		0.80 (0.17–3.70)	1.22
Human Development Pruduct
Overall	1.00 (0.85–1.18)	100.00	0.0% (p = 0.841)	0.94 (0.77–1.14)	100.00	15.2% (p = 0.316)
Argentina	1.08 (0.85–1.36)	48.51		1.18 (0.88–1.57)	34.78
Brazil	0.92 (0.70–1.19)	38.56		0.82 (0.64–1.06)	41.99
Chile	0.99 (0.62–1.60)	11.79		0.85 (0.58–1.26)	21.70
Peru	0.87 (0.19–4.05)	1.13		0.95 (0.20–4.55)	1.53

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval. The third tertile represents the highest tertile and the first tertile represents the lowest