Associations (OR, 95% confidence intervals) for work time sitting and television-viewing with metabolic syndrome and hypertension.

*No adjustment for BMI, as central adiposity is a component of metabolic syndrome.†OR for an increase per category of television-viewing/sitting at work.‡Adjusted for: moderate-vigorous leisure activity frequency, smoking, social class at birth and in adulthood, education level, birth-weight and longstanding illness limiting daily activity; for women, additional adjustment for menopausal status, HRT and OC use; for hypertension, additional adjustment for total and HDL-cholesterol.§Consumption of chips and sweets/chocolates at 42 yr and alcohol at 45 yr.