Sedentary Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Risk: An Isotemporal Substitution Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that time spent engaging in sedentary behaviors is associated with a greater risk of adverse cardiometabolic outcomes. We investigated the cross-sectional associations of 6 unique sedentary tasks (watching television, using the computer, completing paperwork, reading, talking on the telephone, and sitting in a car) with cardiometabolic risk factors, and also examined the effect of replacing one type of sedentary behavior with another on the level of cardiometabolic risk. Participants consisted of 3,211 individuals from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study who visited the clinic between 2010 and 2011. Linear regression models examined the independent and joint associations of sedentary tasks with a composite cardiometabolic risk score, as well as with

SUBMITTER: Whitaker KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860012 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature