Table 1

Distributions of sociodemographic characteristics according to status of TV viewing time stratified by gender


Men (n = 1144)
Women (n = 1209)




TV viewing time n (%)

TV viewing time n (%)






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

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***
     < 9
88(26.75)
92(26.82)
149(31.57)

120(35.09)
131(42.81)
280(49.91)

     9–12
141(42.86)
167(48.69)
236(50.00)

152(44.44)
129(42.16)
237(42.25)

     > 12
100(30.40)
84(24.49)
87(18.43)

70(20.47)
46(15.03)
44(7.84)

Marriage status



0.6908



0.6338
     married
286(86.93)
305(88.92)
418(88.56)

259(75.73)
241(78.76)
429(76.47)

     others
43(13.07)
38(11.08)
54(11.44)

83(24.27)
65(21.24)
132(23.53)

Household income (Taiwanese dollars/month)



0.0042**



0.0002***
     <40,000
144(43.77)
155(45.19)
260(55.08)

154(45.03)
143(46.73)
304(54.19)

40,000–100,000
136(41.34)
147(42.86)
170(36.02)

138(40.35)
134(43.79)
224(39.93)

     > 100,000
49(14.89)
41(11.95)
42(8.90)

50(14.62)
29(9.48)
33(5.88)

Smoking



0.0007***



0.3452
     never
184(55.93)
171(49.85)
197(41.74)

327(95.61)
296(96.73)
529(94.30)

     former
59(17.93)
71(20.70)
132(27.97)

2(0.58)
3(0.98)
10(1.78)

     current
86(26.14)
101(29.45)
143(30.30)

13(3.80)
7(2.29)
22(3.92)

Drinking



0.0536



0.6475
     never
190(57.75)
188(54.81)
241(51.96)

302(88.30)
274(89.54)
496(88.41)

     former
36(10.94)
35(10.20)
37(7.84)

5(1.46)
1(0.33)
8(1.43)

     current
103(31.31)
120(34.99)
194(41.10)

35(10.23)
31(10.13)
57(10.16)

Adjusted carbohydrate intake



0.6862



0.3142
     moderate
4(1.22)
3(0.87)
3(0.64)

6(1.75)
6(1.96)
18(3.21)

     high
325(98.78)
340(99.13)
469(99.36)

336(98.25)
300(98.04)
543(96.79)

Leisure-time activity (MET-hour/week)



0.7134



0.5496
     < 19.5
210(63.83)
209(60.93)
298(63.14)

229(66.96)
217(70.92)
388(69.16)

     ≥ 19.5 ≤
119(36.17)
134(39.07)
174(36.86)

113(33.04)
89(29.08)
173(30.84)

Occupational activity (MET-hour/week)



< .0001***



0.0004***
     < 40
97(29.48)
102(29.74)
208(44.07)

89(26.02)
67(21.90)
191(34.05)

     40–83
124(37.69)
115(33.53)
124(26.27)

138(40.35)
116(37.91)
169(30.12)

     > 83
108(32.83)
126(36.73)
140(29.66)

115(33.63)
123(40.20)
201(35.83)

Total activity status (MET-hour/week)



< .0001***



0.1689
     0–54
90(27.36)
105(30.61)
200(42.37)

98(28.65)
86(28.10)
192(34.22)

     54–103.3
120(36.47)
105(30.61)
137(29.03)

128(37.43)
103(33.66)
188(33.51)

     103.3 <
119(36.17)
133(38.78)
135(28.60)

116(33.92)
117(38.24)
181(32.26)


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