Journal article
Correlates of general and domain-specific sitting time among older adults
JK Vallance, DT Eurich, BM Lynch, PA Gardiner, LM Taylor, BJ Jefferis, ST Johnson
American Journal of Health Behavior | PNG PUBLICATIONS | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.40.3.8
Abstract
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 ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
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.