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Relationship of Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity to Incident Cardiovascular Disease
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Objectives The aim was to examine the independent and joint associations of sitting time and physical activity with risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). Background Sedentary behavior is recognized as a distinct construct beyond lack of leisure-time physical activity, but limited data exists on the interrelationship between these two components of energy balance. Methods Participants in the prospective Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study (N = 71,018), aged 50–79 and free of CVD at baseline (1993–1998), provided information on sedentary behavior, defined as hours of sitting per day, and usual physical activity at baseline and during follow-up through September 2010. First CVD (coronary heart disease or stroke) events were centrally adjudicated. Results Sitting ≥ 10 hours/day compared to ≤ 5 hours/day was associated with increased CVD risk (HR=1.18, 95% CI 1.09, 1.29) in multivariable models including physical activity. Low physical activity was also associated with higher CVD risk (P, trend <0.001). When women were cross-classified by sitting time and physical activity (P, interaction = 0.94), CVD risk was highest in inactive women (≤1.7 MET-hrs/week) who also reported ≥10 hrs/day of sitting. Results were similar for CHD and stroke when examined separately. Associations between prolonged sitting and risk of CVD were stronger in overweight versus normal weight women and women aged 70 years and older compared to younger women. Conclusions Prolonged sitting time was associated with increased CVD risk, independent of leisure-time physical activity, in postmenopausal women without a history of CVD. A combination of low physical activity and prolonged sitting augments CVD risk.
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“For example, ten or more hours of sitting per day increased cardiovascular diseases risk by 18 % (Hazard ratio = 1.18; 95% CI = 1.09–1.29) as compared to five or fewer hours [73]”
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- Authors
- Chomistek, A. K., Manson, J. E., Stefanick, M. L., Lu, B., Sands-Lincoln, M., Going, S. B., Garcia, L., Allison, M. A., Sims, S. T., LaMonte, M. J., Johnson, K. C., & Eaton, C. B.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chomistek, Andrea K.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-06
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 2346-2354
- ISSN
- 0735-1097 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3676694
- OpenAlex
- W1495777861
- Semantic Scholar
- 5c485803781b186b6e6f011fd743b707d53f91ac
- Cited by
- 389
- References
- 26
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- 24.07
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- journal article
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- en
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- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL035464)
- National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Cancer Institute (CA152904)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK007703-17)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Coffee research and impacts
- Keywords
- sedentary behavior, sitting time, physical activity, cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease, stroke, postmenopausal women, energy balance, overweight, older women, Women's Health Initiative
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Time Factors, United States, Cohort Studies, Body Mass Index, Incidence, Survival Rate, Multivariate Analysis, Proportional Hazards Models, Women's Health, Postmenopause, Risk Assessment, Overweight, Sedentary Behavior
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