Associations of accelerometer-based sedentary bouts with adiposity markers among German adults - results from a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long periods of uninterrupted sitting, i.e., sedentary bouts, and their relationship with adverse health outcomes have moved into focus of public health recommendations. However, evidence on associations between sedentary bouts and adiposity markers is limited. Our aim was to investigate associations of the daily number of sedentary bouts with waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) in a sample of middle-aged to older adults.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from three different studies that took place in the area of Greifswald, Northern Germany, between 2012 and 2018. In total, 460 adults from the general population aged 40 to 75 years and without known cardiovascular disease wore tri-axial accelerometers (ActiGraph Model GT3X

SUBMITTER: Voigt L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10007749 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature