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Joint association of physical activity and sleep duration with risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study using accelerometry

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Abstract

Aims: To investigate the joint association of accelerometer-measured physical activity (PA) and sleep duration with mortality risk. Methods and results: A 7-day accelerometer recording was performed on 92 221 participants (age 62.4 ± 7.8 years; 56.4% women) from the UK Biobank between February 2013 and December 2015. We divided sleep duration into three groups (short, normal, and long), total volume of PA into three levels according to tertiles (high, intermediate, low), and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) into two groups based on the World Health Organization guidelines. The mortality outcomes were prospectively collected through the death registry. Over a median follow-up of 7.0 years, 3080 adults died, of which 1074 died from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and 1871 from cancer. The associations of PA and sleep duration with mortality risk were all in a curvilinear dose–response pattern (Pnonlinearity <0.001). PA and sleep duration had additive and multiplicative interactions on mortality risk (Pinteraction <0.05). Compared with the participants with guideline-recommended MVPA and normal sleep duration, those without recommended MVPA but having short or long sleep duration were at a higher risk for all-cause mortality [short sleep: hazard ratio (HR) = 1.88; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.61–2.20; long sleep: HR = 1.69; 95% CI, 1.49–1.90]. A higher volume of PA or recommended MVPA attenuated the detrimental effects of short or long sleep duration on all-cause and CVD mortality risks. Conclusion: MVPA meeting recommendations or a higher volume of PA at any intensity potentially diminished the adverse effects on all-cause and cause-specific mortality associated with short and long sleep duration.

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In a UK Biobank accelerometry cohort, physical activity and sleep duration were independently and jointly associated with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality. Meeting moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) recommendations or achieving a higher total physical activity volume attenuated the excess mortality risk associated with short or long sleep duration.

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  • Among 92,221 participants over a median 7.0-year follow-up, 3,080 died (1,074 from CVD, 1,871 from cancer); physical activity and sleep duration showed curvilinear dose-response associations with mortality (P nonlinearity <0.001).
  • Physical activity and sleep duration had additive and multiplicative interactions on mortality risk (P interaction <0.05).
  • Compared with guideline-recommended MVPA and normal sleep duration, participants without recommended MVPA and with short sleep had higher all-cause mortality (HR = 1.88; 95% CI, 1.61–2.20), as did those with long sleep (HR = 1.69; 95% CI, 1.49–1.90).
  • In joint categories, low physical activity plus short sleep (HR = 2.51; 95% CI, 2.07–3.05) and low physical activity plus long sleep (HR = 2.06; 95% CI, 1.80–2.36) were associated with the highest all-cause mortality risk versus high physical activity plus normal sleep; higher physical activity or recommended MVPA attenuated short- and long-sleep mortality risks for all-cause and CVD mortality.

Methods

  • Population-based prospective UK Biobank cohort of 92,221 participants (mean age 62.4 ± 7.8 years; 56.4% women) with valid 7-day wrist-worn Axivity AX3 accelerometer data collected February 2013–December 2015.
  • Sleep duration was categorized as short (<6 h/day), normal (6–8 h/day), or long (>8 h/day); total physical activity was categorized by tertiles as low (≤24.0 mg), intermediate (24.0–30.4 mg), or high (≥30.4 mg); MVPA was categorized as recommended or not recommended according to WHO guidelines (≥150 min moderate, or ≥75 min vigorous, or equivalent per week).
  • Mortality outcomes were prospectively collected from death registries; multivariable Cox proportional hazards models with restricted cubic splines, interaction analyses, and joint-category analyses were used, with sensitivity analyses for missing data, accelerometer wear time, prevalent illness, reverse causation, and COVID-19 censoring.

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  • Paper-stated limitations include no accounting for prospective changes in sleep duration and physical activity; unusual sleep duration was not age-adjusted; observational residual confounding and reverse causation could not be fully ruled out; covariates were assessed nearly six years before baseline; sedentary behavior was not included due to correlation with physical activity and sleep; only sleep duration, not other sleep patterns, was examined; and the UK Biobank sample is not representative of the UK population.
  • Evident from the text: the reported all-cause mortality HR for MVPA exceeding the WHO recommendation is 0.67 with a 95% CI of 0.48–0.59, which is internally inconsistent and likely a typographical error.

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    No prior study has examined the joint effects of physical activity and sleep duration on mortality risk using accelerometry.

    “To the best of our knowledge, no study till date has examined the joint effects of PA and sleep duration on mortality risk using accelerometry.”
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    Accelerometer measurements provide reliable and objective estimates of physical activity and sleep duration across consecutive days.

    “In contrast to subjective measures, the accelerometer provides reliable and objective estimates of PA and sleep duration across consecutive days.”
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    A 7-day accelerometer recording adequately represents habitual physical activity and sleep duration for estimating long-term mortality risk.

    “A 7-day accelerometer recording was performed on 92 221 participants (age 62.4 ± 7.8 years; 56.4% women) from the UK Biobank between February 2013 and December 2015.”
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Authors
Liang, Y. Y., Feng, H., Chen, Y., Jin, X., Xue, H., Zhou, M., Ma, H., Ai, S., Wing, Y.-K., Geng, Q., & Zhang, J.
Affiliations
  • Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences (CN)
  • Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Jinan University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Geng, Qingshan
  • Zhang, Jihui
Venue
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Published
2023-03-29
Volume
30
Issue
9
Pages
832-843
ISSN
  • 2047-4873 (ISSN-L)
  • 2047-4881
OpenAlex
W4361269354
Cited by
102
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 7
FWCI
18.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Key (2021YFC2501500)
  • National Natural Science Foundation (82101558, DFJH201811)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
physical activity, sleep duration, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, cancer mortality, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, short sleep duration, long sleep, dose-response relationship, interaction effects, UK Biobank
MeSH terms
Sleep Duration, Adult, Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Cohort Studies, Exercise, Accelerometry

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