TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of general and domain-specific sitting time among older adults
AU - Vallance, Jeff K.
AU - Eurich, Dean T.
AU - Lynch, Brigid M.
AU - Gardiner, Paul A.
AU - Taylor, Lorian M.
AU - Jefferis, Barbara J.
AU - Johnson, Steven T.
N1 - Funding Information:
An Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions Establishment Grant awarded to Jeff Vallance supported this study. The Canada Research Chairs Program and a Population Health Investigator Award from Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions supports Jeff Vallance and Dean Eurich. An Early Career Fellowship from the National Breast Cancer Foundation supports Brigid Lynch. A Dementia Research Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Research Council supports Paul Gardiner.
PY - 2016/5
Y1 - 2016/5
N2 - Objective: We examined the correlates of sitting time in a population-based sample of older adults. Methods: Adults >55 years of age (N = 1296; N = 515 employed; N = 781 unemployed) self-reported measures of demographic and health-related variables, and a measure of sitting time (ie, SIT-Q). Results: Employed total sitting time (min/day) was positively associated with home Internet access (B = 71.2, 95% CI, 8.9 to 133.4, p =.025), body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2; B = 7.0, 95% CI, 2.1-11.9, p =.005), and negatively associated with physical health (B = -2.3; 95% CI, -4.9 to 0.3, p =.013). Unemployed total sitting time was negatively associated with age (B per year = -3.0, 95% CI, -4.9 to -1.1, p =.002), and being male (B = -54.0, 95% CI, -86.7 to -21.3, p =.001). Unemployed total sitting time was positively associated with Internet access (B = 54.1, 95% CI, 17.7 to 90.4, p =.004) and BMI (B = 4.1, 95% CI,.94 to 7.3, p =.011). Conclusions: Older adults reported low levels of sitting time. Different correlates emerged for the employed and unemployed samples across sitting domains.
AB - Objective: We examined the correlates of sitting time in a population-based sample of older adults. Methods: Adults >55 years of age (N = 1296; N = 515 employed; N = 781 unemployed) self-reported measures of demographic and health-related variables, and a measure of sitting time (ie, SIT-Q). Results: Employed total sitting time (min/day) was positively associated with home Internet access (B = 71.2, 95% CI, 8.9 to 133.4, p =.025), body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2; B = 7.0, 95% CI, 2.1-11.9, p =.005), and negatively associated with physical health (B = -2.3; 95% CI, -4.9 to 0.3, p =.013). Unemployed total sitting time was negatively associated with age (B per year = -3.0, 95% CI, -4.9 to -1.1, p =.002), and being male (B = -54.0, 95% CI, -86.7 to -21.3, p =.001). Unemployed total sitting time was positively associated with Internet access (B = 54.1, 95% CI, 17.7 to 90.4, p =.004) and BMI (B = 4.1, 95% CI,.94 to 7.3, p =.011). Conclusions: Older adults reported low levels of sitting time. Different correlates emerged for the employed and unemployed samples across sitting domains.
KW - Employment status
KW - Older adults
KW - Sedentariness
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U2 - 10.5993/AJHB.40.3.8
DO - 10.5993/AJHB.40.3.8
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 27103415
AN - SCOPUS:84964741729
SN - 1087-3244
VL - 40
SP - 362
EP - 370
JO - American Journal of Health Behavior
JF - American Journal of Health Behavior
IS - 3
ER -
