Assessing physical activity in daily life, exercise, and sedentary behavior among Japanese moving to westernized environment: a cross-sectional study of Japanese migrants at an urban primary care center in Pittsburgh

Table 3 Comparison of Sedentary Behavior Rate between Japanese Male and Female versus Age- and Gender-adjusted J-NHANS

Characteristics	Male in Pitt	J-NHANS	Female in Pitt	J-NHANS
Characteristics	Male in Pitt	(Male)	Female in Pitt	(Female)
Sitting/lying, weekday
Longer half group├	50.0^n.s.	50.8	45.6	73.0
Sitting/lying, weekend
Longer half group┤	42.5*	60.6	33.3	78.3
TV/computer, Weekday
Longer half group┬	52.5*	37.1	56.1*	73.0
TV/computer, Weekend
Longer half group┬	42.5^n.s.	54.7	28.9	81.2

├Sitting/lying time > 8 hours/day for male and > 6 hours/day for female.
┤Sitting/lying time > 6 hours/day for male and > 4 hours/day for female.
┬TV/computer time during weekday > 4 hours/day for male and >2 hours/day for female.
Pitt indicates Pittsburgh; J-NHANS, the National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan.
*indicates p < 0.05; p < 0.001; n.s., not significant.

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