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Distributions of sociodemographic characteristics according to status of TV viewing time stratified by gender |
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| Men (n = 1144) |
Women (n = 1209) |
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| TV viewing time n (%) |
TV viewing time n (%) |
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| Variables |
< 14 (n = 329) |
14–20 (n = 343) |
> 20 (n = 472) |
p-valueb |
< 14 (n = 342) |
14–20 (n = 306) |
> 20 (n = 561) |
p-valueb |
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| Age (yrs)a |
56.08(0.82) |
57.47(0.80) |
61.15(0.68) |
< .0001*** |
53.06(0.69) |
54.46(0.73) |
57.01(0.54) |
< .0001*** |
| Education Level |
0.0027** |
< .0001*** |
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| < 9 |
88(26.75) |
92(26.82) |
149(31.57) |
120(35.09) |
131(42.81) |
280(49.91) |
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| 9–12 |
141(42.86) |
167(48.69) |
236(50.00) |
152(44.44) |
129(42.16) |
237(42.25) |
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| > 12 |
100(30.40) |
84(24.49) |
87(18.43) |
70(20.47) |
46(15.03) |
44(7.84) |
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| Marriage status |
0.6908 |
0.6338 |
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| married |
286(86.93) |
305(88.92) |
418(88.56) |
259(75.73) |
241(78.76) |
429(76.47) |
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| others |
43(13.07) |
38(11.08) |
54(11.44) |
83(24.27) |
65(21.24) |
132(23.53) |
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| Household income (Taiwanese dollars/month) |
0.0042** |
0.0002*** |
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| <40,000 |
144(43.77) |
155(45.19) |
260(55.08) |
154(45.03) |
143(46.73) |
304(54.19) |
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| 40,000–100,000 |
136(41.34) |
147(42.86) |
170(36.02) |
138(40.35) |
134(43.79) |
224(39.93) |
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| > 100,000 |
49(14.89) |
41(11.95) |
42(8.90) |
50(14.62) |
29(9.48) |
33(5.88) |
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| Smoking |
0.0007*** |
0.3452 |
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| never |
184(55.93) |
171(49.85) |
197(41.74) |
327(95.61) |
296(96.73) |
529(94.30) |
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| former |
59(17.93) |
71(20.70) |
132(27.97) |
2(0.58) |
3(0.98) |
10(1.78) |
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| current |
86(26.14) |
101(29.45) |
143(30.30) |
13(3.80) |
7(2.29) |
22(3.92) |
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| Drinking |
0.0536 |
0.6475 |
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| never |
190(57.75) |
188(54.81) |
241(51.96) |
302(88.30) |
274(89.54) |
496(88.41) |
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| former |
36(10.94) |
35(10.20) |
37(7.84) |
5(1.46) |
1(0.33) |
8(1.43) |
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| current |
103(31.31) |
120(34.99) |
194(41.10) |
35(10.23) |
31(10.13) |
57(10.16) |
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| Adjusted carbohydrate intake |
0.6862 |
0.3142 |
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| moderate |
4(1.22) |
3(0.87) |
3(0.64) |
6(1.75) |
6(1.96) |
18(3.21) |
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| high |
325(98.78) |
340(99.13) |
469(99.36) |
336(98.25) |
300(98.04) |
543(96.79) |
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| Leisure-time activity (MET-hour/week) |
0.7134 |
0.5496 |
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| < 19.5 |
210(63.83) |
209(60.93) |
298(63.14) |
229(66.96) |
217(70.92) |
388(69.16) |
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| ≥ 19.5 ≤ |
119(36.17) |
134(39.07) |
174(36.86) |
113(33.04) |
89(29.08) |
173(30.84) |
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| Occupational activity (MET-hour/week) |
< .0001*** |
0.0004*** |
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| < 40 |
97(29.48) |
102(29.74) |
208(44.07) |
89(26.02) |
67(21.90) |
191(34.05) |
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| 40–83 |
124(37.69) |
115(33.53) |
124(26.27) |
138(40.35) |
116(37.91) |
169(30.12) |
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| > 83 |
108(32.83) |
126(36.73) |
140(29.66) |
115(33.63) |
123(40.20) |
201(35.83) |
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| Total activity status (MET-hour/week) |
< .0001*** |
0.1689 |
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| 0–54 |
90(27.36) |
105(30.61) |
200(42.37) |
98(28.65) |
86(28.10) |
192(34.22) |
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| 54–103.3 |
120(36.47) |
105(30.61) |
137(29.03) |
128(37.43) |
103(33.66) |
188(33.51) |
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| 103.3 < |
119(36.17) |
133(38.78) |
135(28.60) |
116(33.92) |
117(38.24) |
181(32.26) |
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aValues are expressed as means (standard deviation). bFor the difference among groups of TV viewing time. *p < 0.05 (bolded);**p < 0.01 (bolded);***p < 0.001 (bolded) MET, metabolic equivalent. | ||||||||
Chang et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:193 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-193 |
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