Table 2

Spearman's correlation coefficients between sedentary behaviour and physical activity, and BMI, waist circumference and known risk factors of obesity in women

	BMI	WC	Energy intake	Diet score	Alcohol consumption	Socioeconomic status	Smoking	Sleep duration	Age	Genetic obesity risk score
Sedentary behaviour
Total sitting (h/day)*	0.19***	0.17***	0.04	−0.01	0.08*	−0.16***	0.16***	−0.03	0.03	−0.04
Screen time (h/day)†	0.22***	0.21***	0.03	−0.07*	0.10**	−0.14***	0.16***	−0.08	−0.03	−0.04
TV viewing (h/day)	0.19***	0.18***	0.02	−0.08*	0.12***	−0.15***	0.16***	−0.09**	0.03	−0.05
Computer use (h/day)	0.13***	0.12***	0.03	−0.02	0.01	−0.03	0.04	−0.03	−0.10***	0.02
Reading (h/day)	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.08**	−0.03	−0.01	0.01	−0.01	0.09**	−0.01
Other relaxation (h/day)	0.09**	0.07*	0.07*	−0.01	0.02	−0.17***	0.12***	0.03	0.06	−0.01
Listening to radio/music (h/day)	0.09**	0.07*	0.07*	0.05	0.04	−0.07*	0.02	0.03	0.06*	0.02
Physical activity
Total MET index (MET h/week)	−0.08**	−0.12***	0.05	0.30***	0.01	0.09**	−0.10**	0.02	0.02	−0.00
Leisure-time exercise (MET h/week)	−0.08**	−0.13***	0.04	0.29***	0.02	0.12***	−0.14***	−0.01	0.01	0.01
Active commuting (MET h/week)	−0.05	−0.06	0.03	0.13***	−0.01	−0.03	0.01	0.03	−0.01	−0.02
Light gardening and related housework (h/month)	0.00	0.03	0.10**	−0.01	−0.08**	−0.02	−0.02	−0.01	0.05	0.01
Moderate gardening and related housework (h/month)	0.05	0.06	0.09**	−0.01	−0.08**	−0.08*	0.06	−0.02	0.06	0.02
Strenuous gardening and related housework (h/month)	0.08*	0.08*	0.15***	−0.04	−0.07*	−0.14***	0.07*	−0.01	0.08*	0.03
Occupational physical workload (scale 1–6)	0.08**	0.07*	0.08*	−0.09**	−0.02	−0.41***	0.08**	−0.01	0.03	−0.01

*p<0.05.
**p<0.01.
***p<0.001.
MET index=leisure-time exercise+active commuting.
*TV viewing+computer use+reading+listening to radio/music+other relaxation.
†TV viewing+computer use.
BMI, body mass index; MET, metabolic equivalent; diet score, adherence to the recommended diet; WC, waist circumference.