Baseline participant characteristics according to total sitting time, TV-viewing time and occupational sitting/activity categories, HUNT3
| Demographic variables | Total sitting time categories (h/day) | TV-viewing categories (h/day) | Occupational sitting categories | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <4 | 4−<7 | 7−<10 | ≥10 | <1 | 1–3 | ≥4 h | Mostly sitting | Much walking | Much walk and lift | Heavy labour | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| All | 8828 (20.2) | 20969 (47.9) | 8171 (18.7) | 5811 (13.3) | 6640 (16.6) | 28 114 (70.2) | 5309 (13.3) | 11946 (32.5) | 11624 (31.6) | 9679 (26.3) | 3568 (9.7) |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 4799 (21.0) | 11340 (49.6) | 4248 (18.6) | 2458 (10.8) | 3731 (16.6) | 15784 (70.1) | 3000 (13.3) | 5688 (29.7) | 7237 (37.8) | 5799 (30.3) | 441 (2.3) |
| Male | 4029 (19.3) | 9629 (46.0) | 3923 (18.7) | 3353 (16.0) | 2909 (16.6) | 12330 (70.3) | 2309 (13.2) | 6258 (35.5) | 4387 (24.9) | 3880 (22.0) | 3127 (17.7) |
| Age (years) | |||||||||||
| 18−<45 | 3528 (23.2) | 6544 (43.0) | 3031 (19.9) | 2105 (13.8) | 2493 (21.5) | 7960 (68.6) | 1148 (9.9) | 4548 (30.4) | 4581 (30.6) | 4510 (30.2) | 1315 (8.8) |
| 45−<60 | 2830 (18.9) | 6870 (45.9) | 2964 (19.8) | 2292 (15.3) | 2612 (19.7) | 9348 (70.5) | 1300 (9.8) | 5197 (34.9) | 4738 (31.8) | 3714 (24.9) | 1245 (8.4) |
| ≥60 | 2444 (18.2) | 7467 (55.6) | 2147 (16.0) | 1375 (10.2) | 1532 (10.1) | 10783 (71.1) | 2858 (18.8) | 2163 (31.6) | 2265 (33.1) | 1416 (20.7) | 994 (14.5) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||||||
| <18.5 | 38 (14.7) | 125 (48.5) | 49 (19.0) | 46 (17.8) | 49 (20.7) | 146 (61.6) | 42 (17.7) | 57 (31.0) | 51 (27.7) | 66 (35.9) | 10 (5.4) |
| 18.5–24.9 | 3163 (22.5) | 6570 (46.6) | 2643 (18.8) | 1716 (12.2) | 2558 (20.2) | 8754 (69.0) | 1376 (10.8) | 3703 (30.1) | 4322 (35.2) | 3361 (27.4) | 902 (7.3) |
| 25–29.9 | 3906 (20.0) | 9437 (48.4) | 3630 (18.6) | 2547 (13.1) | 2819 (15.8) | 12629 (70.9) | 2367 (13.3) | 5496 (33.6) | 4874 (29.8) | 4205 (25.7) | 1788 (10.9) |
| ≥30 | 1680 (17.5) | 4725 (49.1) | 1797 (18.7) | 1413 (14.7) | 1196 (13.0) | 6500 (70.7) | 1495 (16.3) | 2621 (33.6) | 2327 (29.8) | 1998 (25.6) | 853 (10.9) |
| Unknown | 41 (14.0) | 112 (38.1) | 52 (17.7) | 89 (30.3) | 18 (13.6) | 85 (64.4) | 29 (22.0) | 69 (37.7) | 50 (27.3) | 49 (26.8) | 15 (8.2) |
| Education level* | |||||||||||
| Basic upper secondary or less | 3916 (21.0) | 10025 (53.9) | 2866 (15.4) | 1803 (9.7) | 2217 (11.7) | 13405 (70.4) | 3414 (17.9) | 3321 (24.6) | 4171 (30.9) | 3940 (29.2) | 2049 (15.2) |
| Advanced upper secondary | 2797 (22.6) | 5678 (46.0) | 2271 (18.4) | 1607 (13.0) | 1740 (17.4) | 7133 (71.5) | 1106 (11.1) | 3418 (29.1) | 3453 (29.4) | 3646 (31.0) | 1243 (10.6) |
| Tertiary | 2004 (16.3) | 5052 (41.1) | 2916 (23.7) | 2333 (19.0) | 2621 (24.7) | 7293 (68.8) | 691 (6.5) | 5102 (45.4) | 3893 (34.6) | 2002 (17.8) | 240 (2.1) |
| Unknown | 111 (21.7) | 214 (41.9) | 118 (23.1) | 68 (13.3) | 62 (14.0) | 283 (63.9) | 98 (22.1) | 105 (31.0) | 107 (31.6) | 91 (26.8) | 36 (10.6) |
| Meet physical activity guidelines† | |||||||||||
| No | 1179 (11.6) | 3774 (37.1) | 2546 (25.1) | 2663 (26.2) | 1504 (15.8) | 6461 (68.0) | 1537 (16.2) | 4969 (63.4) | 1875 (23.9) | 771 (9.8) | 226 (2.9) |
| Yes | 7646 (22.8) | 17191 (51.2) | 5621 (16.7) | 3143 (9.4) | 5129 (16.8) | 21628 (70.9) | 3766 (12.3) | 6972 (24.1) | 9748 (33.7) | 8905 (30.8) | 3339 (11.5) |
| Smoking status | |||||||||||
| Never smoked | 4040 (21.1) | 8859 (46.4) | 3712 (19.4) | 2500 (13.1) | 3444 (19.9) | 12093 (69.9) | 1769 (10.2) | 5601 (33.9) | 5252 (31.8) | 4024 (24.4) | 1630 (9.9) |
| Ex-smoker | 2070 (17.7) | 5777 (49.3) | 2242 (19.1) | 1631 (13.9) | 1568 (14.2) | 7870 (71.0) | 1643 (14.8) | 3170 (34.2) | 2949 (31.8) | 2332 (25.1) | 830 (8.9) |
| Current smoker | 2536 (20.6) | 6018 (48.9) | 2124 (17.3) | 1622 (13.2) | 1488 (14.0) | 7426 (69.7) | 1736 (16.3) | 3075 (29.0) | 3281 (31.0) | 3204 (30.2) | 1041 (9.8) |
| Unknown | 182 (28.1) | 315 (48.6) | 93 (14.4) | 58 (9.0) | 139 (13.6) | 723 (70.8) | 159 (15.6) | 100 (23.4) | 142 (33.2) | 119 (27.8) | 67 (15.7) |
| General health | |||||||||||
| Poor | 62 (11.2) | 215 (38.7) | 136 (24.5) | 142 (25.6) | 67 (12.7) | 333 (63.1) | 128 (24.2) | 109 (41.9) | 70 (26.9) | 50 (19.2) | 31 (11.9) |
| Not so good | 1715 (17.5) | 5012 (51.1) | 1757 (17.9) | 1329 (13.5) | 1208 (12.4) | 6663 (68.6) | 1849 (19.0) | 2083 (31.1) | 2102 (31.4) | 1773 (26.5) | 737 (11.0) |
| Good | 5257 (20.8) | 12154 (48.1) | 4591 (18.2) | 3247 (12.9) | 3662 (16.3) | 16103 (71.5) | 2747 (12.2) | 6999 (31.6) | 6971 (31.5) | 6049 (27.3) | 2143 (9.7) |
| Very good | 1601 (21.8) | 3165 (43.2) | 1557 (21.2) | 1011 (13.8) | 1515 (24.6) | 4222 (68.6) | 418 (6.8) | 2567 (36.7) | 2233 (31.9) | 1618 (23.1) | 578 (8.3) |
| Unknown | 193 (23.3) | 423 (51.1) | 130 (15.7) | 82 (9.9) | 187 (16.4) | 791 (69.2) | 165 (14.4) | 188 (26.7) | 248 (35.2) | 189 (26.9) | 79 (11.2) |
| Cardiometabolic disease status‡ | |||||||||||
| Healthy | 7338 (20.8) | 16736 (47.5) | 6540 (18.6) | 4632 (13.1) | 5498 (17.6) | 22065 (70.6) | 3691 (11.8) | 9989 (31.8) | 9951 (31.7) | 8426 (26.9) | 3003 (9.6) |
| CMD | 1218 (17.4) | 3495 (49.8) | 1334 (19.0) | 971 (13.8) | 918 (12.7) | 4948 (68.7) | 1341 (18.6) | 1588 (35.9) | 1344 (30.4) | 1015 (23.0) | 473 (10.7) |
*Highest level of education: basic upper secondary school or less (primary school to upper secondary education at the 12th class level, folk high school); advanced upper secondary (secondary education at 13th class level, other post-secondary non-tertiary education like vocational school); tertiary (education at the 14th class level or higher; undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate levels).
†Meeting Norwegian physical activity guidelines of at least 30 min of physical activity daily at work or in leisure time; no unknown category because the cell size was too small (n=63).
‡Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) status: Healthy participants are those without CMD or cancer; CMD denotes participants with CMD.
BMI, body mass index.