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Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women: The OPACH Study

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Bellettiere, John, LaMonte, Michael J., Evenson, Kelly R., Rillamas-Sun, Eileen, Kerr, Jacqueline, Lee, I-Min, Di, Chongzhi, Rosenberg, Dori E. +23 more·2019·Circulation

Abstract

Background: Evidence that higher sedentary time is associated with higher risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is based mainly on self-reported measures. Few studies have examined whether patterns of sedentary time are associated with higher risk for CVD. Methods: Women from the OPACH Study (Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health; n=5638, aged 63–97 years, mean age 79±7 years) with no history of myocardial infarction or stroke wore accelerometers for 4 to 7 days and were followed up for up to 4.9 years for CVD events. Average daily sedentary time and mean sedentary bout duration were the exposures of interest. Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs for CVD using models adjusted for covariates and subsequently adjusted for potential mediators (body mass index, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and CVD risk biomarkers [fasting glucose, high-density lipoprotein, triglycerides, and systolic blood pressure]). Restricted cubic spline regression characterized dose-response relationships. Results: There were 545 CVD events during 19 350 person-years. With adjustment for covariates, women in the highest (≈11 h/d or more) versus the lowest (≈9 h/d or less) quartile of sedentary time had higher risk for CVD (HR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.21–2.17; P trend <0.001). Further adjustment for potential mediators attenuated but did not eliminate significance of these associations ( P trend <0.05, each). Longer versus shorter mean sedentary bout duration was associated with higher risks for CVD (HR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.27–2.02; P trend=0.003) after adjustment for covariates. Additional adjustment for CVD risk biomarkers attenuated associations, resulting in a quartile 4 versus quartile 1 HR of 1.36 (95% CI, 1.01–1.83; P trend=0.10). Dose-response associations of sedentary time and bout duration with CVD were linear ( P nonlinear >0.05, each). Women jointly classified as having both high sedentary time and long bout durations had significantly higher risk for CVD (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.08–1.65) than women with low sedentary time and short bout duration. All analyses were repeated for incident coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction or CVD death), and associations were similar, with notably stronger HRs. Conclusions: Both high sedentary time and long mean bout durations were associated in a dose-response manner with increased CVD risk in older women, which suggests that efforts to reduce CVD burden might benefit from addressing either or both components of sedentary behavior.

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Bellettiere, J., LaMonte, M. J., Evenson, K. R., Rillamas-Sun, E., Kerr, J., Lee, I.-M., Di, C., Rosenberg, D. E., Stefanick, M. L., Buchner, D. M., Hovell, M. F., LaCroix, A. Z., Rossouw, J., Ludlam, S., Burwen, D., McGowan, J., Ford, L., Geller, N., Anderson, G., Prentice, R., Kooperberg, C., Manson, J. E., Howard, B. V., Jackson, R., Thomson, C. A., Wactawski-Wende, J., Limacher, M., Wallace, R., Kuller, L., Shumaker, S., & Shumaker, S.
Affiliations
  • San Diego State University (US)
  • University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (E.R.-S., C.D.).
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
  • Group Health Cooperative (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (D.M.B.).
Venue
Circulation
Published
2019-02-19
Volume
139
Issue
8
Pages
1036-1046
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W2916721746
Cited by
252
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 6
FWCI
19.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHSN268201600002 C, HHSN268201600018 C, HHSN268201600003C, TL1TR001443, HHSN268201600004 C, HHSN268201600001 C)
  • National Institutes of Health (HHSN268201600018C, TL1TR001443, HHSN268201600003C, HHSN268201600004C, HHSN268201600001C, HHSN268201600002C)
  • National Institute on Aging (P01AG052352, U19AG066567)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HHSN268201600018C, HHSN268201600004C, HHSN268201600001C, K23HL119352, HL105065, R01HL105065, HHSN268201600003C, HHSN268201600002C, RO1 HL105065, R01HL130483, T32HL079891)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Keywords
sedentary behavior, cardiovascular disease, older women, sedentary bout duration, accelerometer-measured sedentary time, cardiovascular risk factors, dose-response relationship, myocardial infarction, stroke, physical activity, sex differences in cardiovascular risk, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia
MeSH terms
Healthy Lifestyle, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Health Status, Humans, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Time Factors, United States, Exercise, Incidence, Women's Health, Risk Assessment, Risk Reduction Behavior, Sedentary Behavior

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