The descriptive epidemiology of the diurnal profile of bouts and breaks in sedentary time in older English adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High sedentary time is associated with adverse metabolic health outcomes and mortality in older adults. It has been suggested that breaking up sedentary time may be beneficial for metabolic health; however, population prevalence data are lacking on the patterns of sedentary behaviour which would identify opportunities for intervention.

Methods

We used data of adults aged ≥ 60 years (n = 3705) from the population-based EPIC-Norfolk cohort, to characterize the patterns of total sedentary time, breaks in sedentary time and sedentary bouts across the day and assess their associations with participant characteristics, using multi-level regression. Sedentary time was measured objectively by a hip-mounted accelerometer (ActigraphTM GT1M) worn for 7 days during waking tim

SUBMITTER: Yerrakalva D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082338 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature