Table 2. Descriptive data and correlation analyses of numerical variables with the amount of musculoskeletal symptoms in the prior 12 months (n = 451) in municipalities in Southern Brazil.

	Age (years)	Time sitting not at work (hours/day)	Time sitting at work (hours/day)	Sitting time at work (in years)	Couto’s checklist final average (in %)
Descriptive data: mean value and standard deviation (SD)	44.4 (DP = 10.6)	3.12 (DP = 1.55)	6.51 (DP = 0.96)	20.29 (DP = 10.88)	88.9% (DP = 4.37)
Amount of MS in the last 12 months
Correlation coefficient^a	0.083	0.082	0.033	0.079	0.068
Bilateral significance	0.077	0.082	0.489	0.093	0.152

MS: musculoskeletal symptoms.

^a Spearman’s correlation test.