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Table 9 Diabetes and overweight risk by occupational sedentary status

From: Associations of Prolonged Occupational Sitting with the Spectrum of Kidney Disease: Results from a Cohort of a Half-Million Asian Adults

 

Mostly sitting

Often alternating sitting and standing

Mostly standing

Using all of your major muscles

 

n of diseases

OR

(95% CI)

n of diseases

OR

(95% CI)

n of diseases

OR

n of diseases

OR

(95% CI)

Diabetes

12,908

1.26

(1.20, 1.32)

6230

1.11

(1.06, 1.17)

2573

1

684

0.99

(0.90, 1.09)

Overweight

69,786

1.15

(1.12, 1.18)

37,040

1.19

(1.16, 1.22)

14,658

1

4328

1.03

(0.99, 1.08)

  1. Hazard ratios were adjusted for age, sex, education, smoking status, drinking status, body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, long-term use of herbal medicine, long-term use of painkillers, and physical activity when appropriate
  2. Diabetes was defined as having a history of diabetes or fasting blood glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL
  3. Overweight was defined as BMI ≥ 25 (kg/m2), while normal weight was defined as 18.5 < BMI < 25 (kg/m2)
  4. OR Odds ratio; CI Confidence interval; DM Diabetes mellitus; BMI Body mass index
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