Physical activity and not sedentary time per se influences on clustered metabolic risk in elderly community-dwelling women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Whether amount of time spent in sedentary activities influences on clustered metabolic risk in elderly, and to what extent such an influence is independent of physical activity behavior, remain unclear. Therefore, the aim of the study was to examine cross-sectional associations of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary behavior on metabolic risk outcomes in a sample of elderly community-dwelling women.

Methods

Metabolic risk outcomes including waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, fasting levels of plasma glucose, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides were assessed in 120 community-dwelling older women (65-70 yrs). Accelerometers were used to retrieve daily sedentary time, breaks in sedentary time, daily time in light (LPA) and m

SUBMITTER: Nilsson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5384780 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature