title: Association of Socioeconomic Factors and Sedentary Lifestyle in Belgrade's Suburb, Working Class Community.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sedentary lifestyle represents a growing health problem and considering that there is already a range of unhealthy habits that are marked as health risk factors and the increasing prevalence of sedentary lifestyle worldwide, we aimed to investigate association of sedentary way of living in suburb, working class local community with socioeconomic determinants such as educational level, occupation and income status.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this community-based cross-sectional study, 1126 independently functioning adults were enrolled into the study. The study protocol included a complete clinical and biochemical investigation revealing age, gender, lipid status, height, weight and blood pressure. Trained interviewers (nurses) collected information from patients about current state of chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension) smoking, medication and other socioeconomic data. Descriptive analysis, Chi-square and logistic regression were performed as statistical calculations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with elementary school were seven times more likely to be classified in category with sedentary lifestyle compared to patients with college or faculty degree. Being retired and reporting low income were significantly associated with higher odds of sedentary behavior when compared with students and patients with high-income status, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The significance of this study lies in the fact that our results may help to easier identification of patients who may have a tendency towards a sedentary lifestyle.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Specialist Consultancy Services, Rakovica Community Health Center, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konevic
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Dept., Rakovica Community Health Center, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martinovic
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Hygiene and Ecology Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia ; Dept. of Health Promotion, Institute of Public Health Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.
authors.forename: Nela
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Djonovic
keywords: Exercise; Health risk behaviors; Physical activity; Primary care