Sitting Behaviors and Mental Health among Workers and Nonworkers: The Role of Weight Status
Table 3
(a) The association between sitting time and mental health among the working population () stratified by weight status: results of the linear regression analysis.
Association with mental health1
Crude
Adjusted2
Adjusted3
Beta
95% CI
Beta
95% CI
Beta
95% CI
Healthy weight ()
Total
β0.06
β0.09
β0.10
Transport (h/wk)
0.03
β0.03
β0.02
β(i) Commuting or during work (h/wk)
0.03
β0.06
β0.05
β(ii) Leisure (h/wk)
0.10
0.36
0.36
At work (h/wk)
β0.07
β0.09
β0.11
Leisure (h/wk)
β0.10
β0.11
β0.11
β(i) Reading (h/wk)
β0.05
β0.004
β0.02
β(ii) TV viewing (h/wk)
β0.02
β0.11
β0.10
β(iii) Using computer (h/wk)
β0.19
β0.27
β0.28
β(iv) Other sitting (h/wk)
β0.35
β0.34
Moderately overweight ()
Total
β0.01
β0.03
β0.03
Transport (h/wk)
β0.15
β0.20
β0.19
β(i) Commuting or during work (h/wk)
β0.14
β0.20
β0.19
β(ii) Leisure (h/wk)
β0.55
β0.35
β0.36
At work (h/wk)
0.10
0.04
0.04
Leisure (h/wk)
β0.11
β0.07
β0.06
β(i) Reading (h/wk)
0.34
0.46
0.47
β(ii) TV viewing (h/wk)
β0.19
β0.12
β0.11
β(iii) Using computer (h/wk)
β0.29
β0.33
β0.32
β(iv) Other sitting (h/wk)
β0.17
β0.01
β0.03
Obese ()
Total
β0.08
β0.07
β0.04
Transport (h/wk)
β0.20
β0.16
β0.14
β(i) Commuting or during work (h/wk)
β0.24
β0.23
β0.21
β(ii) Leisure (h/wk)
β0.18
1.01
1.07
At work (h/wk)
0.09
0.12
0.17
Leisure (h/wk)
β0.24
β0.17
β0.15
β(i) Reading (h/wk)
β0.03
0.26
0.33
β(ii) TV viewing (h/wk)
β(iii) Using computer (h/wk)
β0.09
β0.09
β0.10
β(iv) Other sitting (h/wk)
β0.13
0.004
0.12
1A higher MHI score indicates better mental health; thus a negative beta indicates a negative association between sitting time and mental health; 2adjusted for gender, age, education, household composition, perceived health, physical activity, smoking, and alcohol consumption; 3additionally adjusted for BMI.
(b) The association between sitting time and mental health among the nonworking population () stratified by weight status: results of the linear regression analysis.
Association with mental health1
Crude
Adjusted2
Adjusted3
Beta
95% CI
Beta
95% CI
Beta
95% CI
Healthy weight ()
Total
Transport (h/wk)
0.26
0.13
0.09
β(i) Commuting or during work (h/wk)
β
β
β
β(ii) Leisure (h/wk)
0.26
-0.51;1.02
0.13
-0.66;0.91
0.09
-0.71;0.89
At work (h/wk)
β
β
β
Leisure (h/wk)
β(i) Reading (h/wk)
β0.14
β0.20
β0.17
β(ii) TV viewing (h/wk)
β(iii) Using computer (h/wk)
0.33
0.30
0.29
β(iv) Other sitting (h/wk)
β0.18
β0.15
β0.16
Moderately overweight ()
Total
0.09
0.08
Transport (h/wk)
0.07
β0.13
β0.13
β(i) Commuting or during work /wk)
β
β
β
β(ii) Leisure (h/wk)
0.07
β0.13
β0.13
At work (h/wk)
β
β
β
Leisure (h/wk)
0.10
0.10
β(i) Reading (h/wk)
0.49
0.30
0.28
β(ii) TV viewing (h/wk)
0.04
0.09
0.09
β(iii) Using computer (h/wk)
0.38
0.10
0.09
β(iv) Otherββsitting (h/wk)
β0.10
0.05
0.05
Obese ()
Total
0.11
0.03
0.04
Transport (h/wk)
β0.21
β0.47
β0.46
β(i) Commuting or during work (h/wk)
β
β
β
β(ii) Leisure (h/wk)
β0.21
β0.47
β0.46
At work (h/wk)
β
β
β
Leisure (h/wk)
0.13
0.05
0.06
β(i) Reading (h/wk)
0.37
β0.04
β0.07
β(ii) TV viewing (h/wk)
0.02
β0.09
β0.10
β(iii) Using computer (h/wk)
0.21
0.25
0.28
β(iv) Other sitting (h/wk)
0.20
0.24
0.31
1A higher MHI score indicates better mental health; thus, a negative beta indicates a negative association between sitting time and mental health; 2adjusted for gender, age, education, household composition, perceived health, physical activity, smoking, and alcohol consumption; 3additionally adjusted for BMI.