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. 2023 Feb 10;23:305. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15167-z

Table 2.

Association between WFH, sedentary behaviors, physical inactivity, and domestic physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Screen time > 8 h/day (OR and 95%CI) Sitting time > 8 h/day (OR and 95%CI) Physical inactivity (OR and 95%CI) High domestic physical activity (OR and 95%CI)
Model 1 Does not perform WFH 1 1 1 1
Performs WFH 5.53 (4.28,7.15) 4.04 (3.24,5.04) 0.65 (0.52,0.82) 0.72 (0.59,0.87)
AIC 3200.4 3331.2 2906.7 3518.8
Model 2 Does not perform WFH 1 1 1 1
Performs WFH 4.19 (3.17,5.54) a 2.98 (2.33,3.81) a 0.93 (0.72,1.22)b 1.14 (0.91,1.43)b
AIC 3109.2 3257.9 2839.6 3333.3
Model 3 Does not perform WFH 1 1 1 1
Performs WFH 3.12 (2.32,4.2) c 2.68 (2.02,3.56) d 0.99 (0.75,1.31)e 1.29 (0.99,1.67) f
AIC 2716.1 2644.8 2579.5 2715.0

WFH: work from home; OR: odds ratios; CI: confidence interval; AIC: Akaike information criterion

Model 1: unadjusted model

aModel 2: model 1 + age + schooling

bModel 2: model 1 + age + sex + schooling + income

cModel 3: model 1 + age + schooling + pre-COVID screen time

dModel 3: model 1 + age + schooling + pre-COVID sitting time

eModel 3: model 1 + age + sex + schooling + income + pre-COVID leisure-time physical activity

fModel 3: model 1 + age + sex + schooling + income + pre-COVID domestic physical activity

Values in bold indicate statistical significance