Research Article
Unraveling the Relationship between Smoking and Weight: The Role of Sedentary Behavior
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for sedentary behavior.
| | Weighted % (unweighted ) | Sedentary behavior | | Low (≤1 hour) | Moderate (2-3 hours) | High (≥4 hours) | Total (row) |
| | Total | 31.42 (5172) | 45.39 (7873) | 23.19 (4594) | 100 (17639) |
| | Smoking status | | | | | | Never | 35.79 (2962) | 44.85 (3984) | 19.35 (1958) | 49.94 (8904) | | Former | 28.65 (1214) | 46.64 (2190) | 24.71 (1320) | 25.27 (4724) | | Current | 25.44 (988) | 45.29 (1691) | 29.27 (1308) | 24.78 (3987) | | Chi2 = 48.42, df = 4, | |
| | BMI | | | | | | Not obese | 34.03 (3790) | 45.20 (5404) | 20.77 (2858) | 69.07 (12065) | | Obese | 25.58 (1382) | 45.82 (2469) | 28.60 (1736) | 30.93 (5592) | | Chi2 = 73.47, df = 2, | |
| | Waist circumference | | | | | | Smaller | 35.56 (2919) | 45.15 (3970) | 19.28 (2007) | 52.04 (8905) | | Larger | 26.92 (2253) | 45.65 (3903) | 27.43 (2587) | 47.96 (8752) | | Chi2 = 85.16, df = 2, | |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 29.53 (2520) | 47.46 (4148) | 23.01 (2346) | 49.52 (9019) | | Female | 33.27 (2652) | 43.35 (3725) | 23.37 (2248) | 50.48 (8638) | | Chi2 = 13.08, df = 2, | |
| | Race | | | | | | White | 31.58 (2550) | 46.28 (4074) | 22.14 (2244) | 71.95 (8879) | | Black | 24.26 (839) | 39.60 (1433) | 36.14 (1349) | 10.87 (3624) | | Mexican American | 36.29 (1338) | 47.21 (1773) | 16.50 (692) | 7.28 (3805) | | Other | 34.50 (445) | 43.96 (593) | 21.54 (309) | 9.89 (1349) | | Chi2 = 33.06, df = 6, | |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | 20–40 | 34.99 (2027) | 44.43 (2637) | 20.59 (1314) | 39.80 (5979) | | 41–60 | 34.50 (1849) | 45.65 (2487) | 19.85 (1228) | 38.16 (5566) | | 61+ | 19.62 (1296) | 46.67 (2749) | 33.70 (2052) | 22.05 (6112) | | Chi2 = 49.14, df = 4, | |
| | Education | | | | | | < HS | 26.80 (1601) | 42.50 (2358) | 30.69 (1651) | 20.00 (5619) | | HS | 26.19 (1053) | 45.62 (1871) | 28.19 (1290) | 25.96 (4216) | | Associates or some college | 31.63 (1310) | 46.01 (2132) | 22.35 (1132) | 29.86 (4578) | | ≥ College | 40.57 (1196) | 46.83 (1498) | 12.59 (511) | 24.18 (3206) | | Chi2 = 43.96, df = 6, | |
| | Survey year | | | | | | 1999-2000 | 27.73 (1179) | 47.91 (1893) | 24.36 (1045) | 22.65 (4121) | | 2001-2002 | 30.38 (1291) | 44.02 (2060) | 25.60 (1301) | 26.05 (4661) | | 2003-2004 | 33.59 (1340) | 44.35 (1968) | 22.07 (1167) | 25.39 (4475) | | 2005-2006 | 33.57 (1362) | 45.58 (1952) | 20.86 (1081) | 25.90 (4400) | | Chi2 = 5.65, df = 6, | |
| | Dining out (per week) | | | | | | <1 time or never | 30.05 (1443) | 40.17 (2018) | 29.78 (1561) | 21.84 (5031) | | 1 time | 33.22 (1151) | 44.91 (1730) | 21.87 (907) | 20.53 (3790) | | ≥2 times | 31.30 (2578) | 47.53 (4125) | 21.17 (2126) | 57.63 (8835) | | Chi2 = 25.51, df = 4, | |
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