RELATION BETWEEN SITTING TIME AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS OF JAPANESE LIVING OVERSEAS

This study aimed to determine differences in sitting time based on certain sociodemographic factors among Japanese living overseas. Sitting times and sociodemographic factors were measured among 110 Japanese (mean age, 59.7±13.8 years) living in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from February to March 2015. Sit...

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Published inSoutheast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 1318 - 1325
Main Authors Izawa, KP, Oka, K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bangkok Central Coordinating Board, SEAMEO-TROPMED Project 01.11.2017
Subjects
Alcohols
Confidence intervals
Males
Mathematical analysis
Occupational health
Occupations
Public health
Regression analysis
Sedentary behavior
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Japan
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Summary:This study aimed to determine differences in sitting time based on certain sociodemographic factors among Japanese living overseas. Sitting times and sociodemographic factors were measured among 110 Japanese (mean age, 59.7±13.8 years) living in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from February to March 2015. Sitting time was defined as total sitting time per day as self-reported by the subjects. Differences in sitting time based on the sociodemographic factors were calculated by Mann-Whitney U test. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for sitting times and sociodemographic factors using multivariate logistic regression analysis. Sitting times were higher in subjects <65 years old, males, with an occupation, non-married, and who drank alcohol. Of these, occupation was significantly associated with higher likelihood of long sitting time (OR=3.546; 95% CI: 1.056-11.912; p=0.039). These findings suggest that reducing sedentary behavior may be an important public health strategy in employed Japanese working overseas.
ISSN:0125-1562