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Table 3 Older men’s sedentary behavior by typology

From: Sex-specific typologies of older adults’ sedentary behaviors and their associations with health-related and socio-demographic factors: a latent profile analysis

 

Typology 1 (22.0%) – high transport sitting

Typology 2 (44.6%) – low sitting

Typology 3 (13.6%) – high social sitting

Typology 4 (11.1%) – high hobbies sitting

Typology 5 (8.7%) – high computer and transport sitting

Significance of difference^

TV time (min/day)

147.15 (91.69)c,d

177.63 (98.70)

213.24 (96.06)a

211.90 (112.01)a

148.74 (88.71)

F = 4.92, p = 0.001

Computer time (min/day)

53.98 (53.52)c,e

35.72 (47.21)e

21.47 (42.36)a,d,e

55.22 (74.29)c,e

269.08 (45.51)a,b,c,d

F = 129.54, p < 0.001

Transport-related sitting time (min/day)

54.26 (7.77)b,c,d,e

19.57 (11.31)a,c,e

12.45 (10.24)a,b,d,e

22.42 (17.58)a,c,e

43.89 (19.87)a,b,c,d

F = 127.62, p < 0.001

Sitting for reading (min/day)

65.92 (43.64)

58.65 (44.60)

76.30 (48.05)

78.39 (42.96)

67.42 (48.44)

F = 2.22, p = 0.067

Sitting for hobbies (min/day)

13.61 (60.95)d

11.31 (17.86)d

8.23 (15.71)d

110.73 (30.12)a,b,c,e

9.95 (19.11)d

F = 196.16, p < 0.001

Sitting for socializing (min/day)

48.86 (33.66)b,c

18.73 (17.86) a,c,d,e

89.63 (13.30) a,b,d,e

42.79 (39.06)b,c

44.89 (32.11)b,c

F = 66.98, p < 0.001

Sitting for meals (min/day)

92.61 (32.88)b

75.13 (31.24)a

87.89 (29.79)

81.53 (32.60)

79.64 (36.49)

F = 4.01, p = 0.003

Total sitting time (min/day)

479.39 (131.49)b,d,e

396.75 (123.44)a,c,d,e

509.21 (124.43)b,d,e

602.98 (168.91)a,b,c

663.61 (123.56)a,b,c

F = 36.64, p < 0.001

  1. ^ Results of multivariate analysis of variance. Superscript letters and bold p-values represent significant differences between typologies. a significantly different from typology 1, b = significantly different from typology 2; c = significantly different from typology 3; d = significantly different from typology 4; e = significantly different from typology 5