ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2016
The relationship between changes in sitting time and mortality in post-menopausal US women.
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- Behavioral Lifestyles and Survival: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Sedentary Behavior and Health: Update from the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2019Pooled it
- Occupational class differences in daily sitting time among young and early midlife public sector employees-a follow-up study.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Univariable and Multivariable Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Investigating the Effects of Leisure Sedentary Behaviors on the Risk of Lung Cancer.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Article
- Targeting Reductions in Sitting Time to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2017Review
- Patterns and predictors of sitting time over ten years in a large population-based Canadian sample: Findings from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos).Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Patterns of sitting and mortality in the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT).The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Article
- Impact of changes in television viewing time and physical activity on longevity: a prospective cohort study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Observational
- Time Spent Sitting as an Independent Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundProlonged sitting is linked to various deleterious health outcomes. The alterability of the sitting time (ST)-health relationship is not fully established however and warrants study within populations susceptible to high ST.
methodsWe assessed the mortality rates of post-menopausal women from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) observational study, a 15-year prospective study of post-menopausal women aged 50-79 years, according to their change in ST between baseline and year six. A total of 77 801 participants had information at both times on which to be cross-classified into the following: (i) high ST at baseline and follow-up; (ii) low ST at baseline and follow-up; (iii) increased ST and (iv) decreased ST. Cox regression was used to assess the relationship between all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality with change in ST.
resultsAt the end of follow-up, there were 1855 deaths. Compared with high ST maintainers, low ST maintainers had a 51 and 48% lower risk of all-cause and cancer mortality, respectively. Reducing sitting also resulted in a protective rate of 29% for all-cause and 27% for cancer mortality.
conclusionsThese results highlight not only the benefit of maintaining minimal ST, but also the utility of decreasing ST in older women, if current levels are high.
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