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Table 5 Older women’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 (63.5%) – low sitting

Typology 2 (10.7%) – high hobbies sitting

Typology 3 (25.7%) – high transport sitting

Significance of difference^

TV time (min/day)

191.8 (101.45)c

222.6 (105.7)c

154.7 (95.1)a,b

F = 7.72, p = 0.001

Transport-related sitting time (min/day)

15.0 (10.0)c

16.2 (11.5)c

50.4 (9.5)a,b

F = 438.16, p < 0.001

Sitting for reading (min/day)

57.2 (44.3)

59.5 (52.5)

60.4 (42.6)

F = 0.20, p = 0.823

Sitting for hobbies (min/day)

17.8 (21.9)b

126.0 (32.5)a,c

24.8 (29.9)b

F = 314.21,

p < 0.001

Sitting for socializing (min/day)

34.0 (31.9)

46.7 (39.1)

43.1 (31.7)

F = 4.36,

P = 0.013

Sitting for meals (min/day)

80.1 (31.8)

82.2 (39.9)

80.0 (29.4)

F = 0.08, p = 0.923

Total sitting time (min/day)

395.84 (122.67)b

553.29 (135.34)a,c

413.33 (112.84)b

F = 28.73, 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