Physical activity, sitting, and risk factors of cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional analysis of the CARRS study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to estimate the associations between substituting 30-min/day of walking or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 30 min/day of sitting and cardiovascular risk factors in a South Asian population free of cardiovascular disease. We collected information regarding sitting and physical activity from a representative sample of 6991 participants aged 20 years and above from New Delhi, India and Karachi, Pakistan enrolled in 2010-2011 in the Center for cArdio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia study using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short form). We conducted isotemporal substitution analyses using multivariable linear regression models to examine the cross-sectional associations between substituting MVPA and walking for sitting with cardiovascular r

SUBMITTER: Wei J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027929 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature