- Title
- Factors associated with higher sitting time in general, chronic disease, and psychologically-distressed, adult populations: findings from the 45 & up study
- Creator
- Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Costigan, Sarah A.; Short, Camille; Grunseit, Anne; James, Erica; Johnson, Natalie; Bauman, Adrian; D'Este, Catherine; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; Rhodes, Ryan E.
- Relation
- NHMRC.1023602 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1023602
- Relation
- PLoS ONE Vol. 10, Issue 6
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127689
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- This study examined factors associated with higher sitting time in general, chronic disease, and psychologically-distressed, adult populations (aged ≥45 years). A series of logistic regression models examined potential socio-demographic and health factors associated with higher sitting (≥6hrs/day) in adults from the 45 and Up Study (n = 227,187), including four separate subsamples for analysis comprising those who had ever had heart disease (n = 26,599), cancer (n = 36,381), diabetes (n = 19,550) or psychological distress (n = 48,334). Odds of higher sitting were significantly (p<.01) associated with a number of factors across these groups, with an effect size of ORs≥1.5 observed for the high-income ≥$70,000AUD, employed full-time and severe physical limitations demographics. Identification of key factors associated with higher sitting time in this population-based sample will assist development of broad-based, public health and targeted strategies to reduce sitting-time. In particular, those categorized as being high-income earners, full-time workers, as well as those with severe physical limitations need to be of priority, as higher sitting appears to be substantial across these groups.
- Subject
- higher sitting times; chronic diseases; workplace; psychological distress
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1336295
- Identifier
- uon:27589
- Identifier
- ISSN:1932-6203
- Rights
- © 2015 Plotnikoff et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Language
- eng
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