Association of Device-Measured Habitual Sedentary Activity and Standing Posture With Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Danish Adults: The Lolland-Falster Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited evidence exists on the link between sedentary activity and blood pressure (BP), especially using combined thigh- and back-worn accelerometry, which offers accurate posture classification. This study examined the association between device-measured sedentary activity patterns and BP levels and hypertension and explored whether obesity explained these associations.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 3127 adults (≥18 years) from the Danish Lolland-Falster Health Study (2017-2020). The outcome was participants' systolic BP and diastolic BP in mm Hg measured by a health care professional. Exposure was time spent on sedentary activity (duration, postures, prolonged bouts and breaks in sedentary activity) during the day assessed with thigh-worn and back-

SUBMITTER: Mortensen SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12533666 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature