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Table 2 Compositional means (SD between workers) in minutes per day and in percent, of sitting, non-sitting and time-in-bed for office workers working at the office (WAO) and from home (WFH) during working and non-working days. Within the WAO and WFH groups, data are shown for normal-weight (body mass index [BMI] < 25 kg/m2) and overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) workers

From: Working at the office or from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of temporal patterns of sitting and non-sitting among normal-weight and overweight Brazilian office workers

 

Behaviours

Working days

Non-working days

  

All workers

BMI < 25

BMI ≥ 25

All workers

BMI < 25

BMI ≥ 25

Work at the office (WAO)

 Minutes

Sitting short

52.2 (22.4)

58.2 (26.4)

46.4 (16.3)

50.7 (21.2)

58.3 (24.1)

43.4 (15.2)

Sitting moderate

304.2 (83.3)

308.2 (88.1)

300.3 (80.4)

220.7 (65.3)

201.8 (57.5)

238.7 (68.5)

Sitting long

352.9 (131.7)

320.6 (125.2)

383.7 (133.2)

301.7 (113.7)

280.1 (113.3)

322.3 (112.9)

Non-sitting short

80.7 (22.7)

87.8 (22.0)

74.0 (21.8)

72.9 (31.2)

85.0 (34.2)

61.4 (23.3)

Non-sitting long

211.3 (66.0)

218.7 (63.1)

204.3 (69.3)

275.8 (112.6)

293.7 (119.4)

258.8 (105.7)

Time-in-bed

438.7 (56.0)

446.4 (59.8)

431.3 (52.5)

518.2 (81.7)

521.0 (79.2)

515.4 (85.8)

 Percentage

Sitting short

3.6 (1.6)

4.0 (1.8)

3.2 (1.1)

3.5 (1.5)

4.1 (1.7)

3.0 (1.1)

Sitting moderate

21.1 (5.8)

21.4 (6.1)

20.9 (5.6)

15.3 (4.5)

14.0 (4.0)

16.6 (4.8)

Sitting long

24.5 (9.1)

22.3 (8.7)

26.6 (9.3)

20.9 (7.9)

19.5 (7.9)

22.4 (7.8)

Non-sitting short

5.6 (1.6)

6.1 (1.5)

5.1 (1.5)

5.1 (2.2)

5.9 (2.4)

4.3 (1.6)

Non-sitting long

14.7 (4.6)

15.2 (4.4)

14.2 (4.8)

19.2 (7.8)

20.4 (8.3)

18.0 (7.3)

Time-in-bed

30.5 (3.9)

31.0 (4.2)

30.0 (3.6)

36.0 (5.7)

36.2 (5.5)

35.8 (6.0)

Work from home (WFH)

 Minutes

Sitting short

45.4 (20.4)

50.1 (21.4)

41.6 (19.1)

45.6 (18.0)

51.0 (18.0)

40.8 (16.9)

Sitting moderate

245.5 (75.0)

242.2 (77.9)

248.2 (73.5)

231.6 (71.5)

243.0 (73.5)

221.4 (69.1)

Sitting long

478.4 (142.6)

462.6 (148.0)

491.1 (138.8)

358.9 (153.4)

308.5 (145.5)

403.8 (147.9)

Non-sitting short

66.4 (22.3)

72.5 (24.5)

61.6 (19.4)

68.8 (23.8)

78.6 (24.8)

60.0 (19.4)

Non-sitting long

139.0 (72.6)

140.9 (72.1)

137.4 (73.9)

228.4 (102.0)

249.3 (90.7)

209.7 (108.9)

Time-in-bed

465.2 (57.7)

471.7 (58.7)

460.0 (57.0)

506.8 (75.4)

509.7 (74.3)

504.3 (77.2)

 Percentage

Sitting short

3.2 (1.4)

3.5 (1.5)

2.9 (1.3)

3.2 (1.3)

3.5 (1.3)

2.8 (1.2)

Sitting moderate

17.1 (5.2)

16.8 (5.4)

17.2 (5.1)

16.1 (5.0)

16.9 (5.1)

15.4 (4.8)

Sitting long

33.2 (9.9)

32.1 (10.3)

34.1 (9.6)

24.9 (10.7)

21.4 (10.1)

28.0 (10.3)

Non-sitting short

4.6 (1.6)

5.0 (1.7)

4.3 (1.3)

4.8 (1.7)

5.5 (1.7)

4.2 (1.3)

Non-sitting long

9.7 (5.0)

9.8 (5.0)

9.5 (5.1)

15.9 (7.1)

17.3 (6.3)

14.6 (7.6)

Time-in-bed

32.3 (4.0)

32.8 (4.1)

32.0 (4.0)

35.2 (5.2)

35.4 (5.2)

35.0 (5.4)