A Study of Sedentary Behaviour in the Older Finnish Twin Cohort: A Cross Sectional Analysis
Table 2
Influence of sex and age on sitting time in five different sitting domains in the linear regression model (regression coefficients with 95% confidence intervals). Men were used as the reference sex.
Sitting domain
Coefficient
95% CI
value
At work*
Female sex
6.40
0.50, 12.30
0.034
Age per year
−11.92
−12.64, −11.20
0.000
At home watching TV or videos
Female sex
1.10
−2.57, 4.76
0.558
Age
2.28
1.77, 2.79
0.000
At home at the computer
Female sex
−6.70
−9.13, −4.26
0.000
Age
0.52
0.18, 0.87
0.003
In a vehicle
Female sex
−16.86
−19.31, −14.41
0.000
Age
− 1.16
−1.46, − 0.86
0.000
Elsewhere
Female sex
0.93
−1.29, 3.14
0.413
Age
0.74
0.44, 1.05
0.000
*For those twins who were not working at the moment of survey, sitting time at work was denoted as zero minutes ().