Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (N = 683).

From: Sedentary behaviour and sleep quality

Variable

Mean (SD) or N (%)

Women (n = 417)

Men (n = 266)

pa

Age (years)

52.2 (7.1)

52.1 (6.9)

52.5 (7.4)

0.4

Body mass index

22.4 (3.2)

21.4 (2.9)

23.9 (3.1)

< 0.001

Working status

Employed

560 (82.0)

311 (74.6)

249 (93.6)

< 0.001

Unemployed

123 (18.0)

106 (25.4)

17 (6.4)

 

Educational attainment

Advanced or higher

438 (64.1)

265 (63.5)

173 (65.0)

0.7

Below advanced

245 (35.9)

152 (36.5)

93 (35.0)

 

Marital status

Single

135 (19.8)

98 (23.5)

37 (13.9)

< 0.05

Couple

548 (80.2)

319 (76.5)

229 (86.1)

 

Living status

Alone

72 (10.5)

45 (10.8)

27 (10.2)

0.8

With others

611 (89.5)

372 (89.2)

239 (89.8)

 

Gross annual household income

≤ ¥5,000,000

307 (44.9)

200 (48.0)

107 (40.2)

< 0.05

> ¥5,000,000

376 (55.1)

217 (52.0)

159 (59.8)

 

Smoking

No

586 (85.8)

382 (91.6)

204 (76.7)

< 0.001

Yes

97 (14.2)

35 (8.4)

62 (23.3)

 

Accelerometer wearing time (min/day)

921.7 (91.2)

937.7 (86.0)

896.5 (93.4)

< 0.001

SB (min/day)

500.3 (120.8)

486.2 (109.8)

522.5 (133.5)

< 0.001

LPA (min/day)

350.7 (110.7)

381.6 (97.9)

302.4 (112.5)

< 0.001

MVPA (min/day)

70.6 (39.4)

70.0 (36.1)

71.6 (44.2)

0.6

Rest by sleep

3.0 (0.7)

2.9 (0.6)

3.0 (0.7)

0.055

Sleep quality

2.5 (0.9)

2.4 (0.9)

2.5 (0.9)

0.129

  1. aBased on an independent t-test or Chi-squared test.
  2. SB sedentary behaviour, LPA light-intensity physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.