Journal of Obesity

Research Article

Sitting Behaviors and Mental Health among Workers and Nonworkers: The Role of Weight Status

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population ( 𝑛 = 1 0 6 4 ).
Total 𝑁 = 1 0 6 4 Working 𝑁 = 5 1 3 Not working 𝑁 = 5 5 1
Mean ± SDMean ± SDMean ± SD
Age (years) 5 9 ± 9 5 2 ± 6 6 6 ± 8
Gender (% men) 47.0 54.2 45.8
Education (% higher level) 23.1 27.3 19.2
Household composition (% living alone) 13.8 9.0 18.3
Occupational status (% working) 48.2 ——
Perceived general health (% healthy)86.692.481.1
Physical activity (h/wk)1 2 2 . 5 ± 1 4 . 5 2 2 . 3 ± 1 5 . 8 2 2 . 8 ± 1 3 . 2
Physical activity (% active) 58.9 61.4 56.6
Smoking (% smoker) 17.3 23.0 12.0
Alcohol (% moderate consumption)2 55.7 60.8 51.0
Total sitting time (h/wk) 4 0 . 9 ± 1 9 . 7 4 7 . 9 ± 2 1 . 3 3 4 . 4 ± 1 5 . 4
Domain-specific sitting time
Transport (h/wk) 5 . 2 ± 6 . 3 7 . 4 ± 7 . 8 3 . 1 ± 3 . 3
 (i) Commuting or during work (h/wk) 2 . 5 ± 5 . 6 5 . 2 ± 7 . 2 —
 (ii) Leisure (h/wk) 2 . 7 ± 2 . 7 2 . 2 ± 1 . 9 3.1±3.3
At work (h/wk) 7 . 4 ± 1 2 . 3 1 5 . 4 ± 1 3 . 8 —
Leisure (h/wk) 2 8 . 3 ± 1 3 . 8 2 5 . 1 ± 1 1 . 9 3 1 . 3 ± 1 4 . 8
 (i) Reading (h/wk) 5 . 5 ± 5 . 8 4 . 5 ± 4 . 4 6 . 5 ± 6 . 7
 (ii) TV viewing (h/wk) 1 3 . 4 ± 8 . 3 1 1 . 6 ± 7 . 1 1 5 . 0 ± 8 . 9
 (iii) Using computer (h/wk) 3 . 8 ± 5 . 1 4 . 0 ± 4 . 7 3 . 5 ± 5 . 4
 (iv) Other sitting (h/wk) 5 . 6 ± 5 . 5 5 . 0 ± 4 . 3 6 . 3 ± 6 . 4
Mental health (score 0–100) 7 9 . 9 ± 1 4 . 4 8 1 . 1 ± 1 4 . 3 7 8 . 8 ± 1 4 . 4
Mental health (% healthy) 88.6 90.1 87.3
BMI (kg/m2) 2 6 . 8 ± 4 . 1 2 6 . 2 ± 3 . 8 2 7 . 3 ± 4 . 2
% healthy weight 35.6 41.7 29.9
% moderately overweight 46.6 44.8 48.3
% obese 17.8 13.5 21.8
1Total physical activity, including light-, moderate-, and vigorous-intensity physical activity;
2moderate alcohol consumption is defined as 1-2 glasses per day for women and 1–3 glasses/day for men.