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ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2017

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Inflammatory and Hemostatic Markers in Men.

Tessa J Parsons, Claudio Sartini, Paul Welsh, Naveed Sattar, Sarah Ash, Lucy T Lennon, S Goya Wannamethee, I-Min Lee, Peter H Whincup, Barbara J Jefferis

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Article in Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tessa J Parsons1UCL Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL Medical School, London, UNITED KINGDOM; 2UCL Physical Activity Research Group, London, UNITED KINGDOM; 3Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM; 4Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and 5Population Health Research Institute, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UNITED KINGDOM.
Claudio Sartini
Paul Welsh
Naveed Sattar
Sarah Ash
Lucy T Lennon
S Goya Wannamethee
I-Min Lee
Peter H Whincup
Barbara J Jefferis
St George's Hospital · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG09/024British Heart Foundation PG/09/024/26857British Heart Foundation PG/13/86/30546British Heart Foundation RG/08/013/25942British Heart Foundation RG/13/16/30528Department of Health PDF-2010-03-23
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to determine whether higher levels of physical activity (PA) and less sedentary behavior (SB) are associated with less inflammation, indicated by inflammatory and hemostatic biomarkers, in older men.

methodsA cross-sectional study of 1139 men, from the British Regional Heart Study (mean ± SD age = 78 ± 5 yr), and longitudinal analyses of 490 men with two PA measures 1 yr apart were used in this study. Single fasting venous blood samples were analyzed for several biomarkers. PA and SB were measured using ActiGraph GT3X accelerometers. Total time and time spent in bouts of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA), light PA, and SB were derived. Linear regression analyses were used to investigate associations.

resultsCross-sectionally, higher total PA, daily steps, and MVPA were all associated with lower levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), von Willebrand factor (vWF), and D-dimer, whereas higher levels of SB were associated with higher levels of IL-6, CRP, and tPA. Each additional 10 min of MVPA was associated with a 3.2% lower IL-6 (95% confidence interval [CI] = -4.5% to -1.8%), 5.6% lower CRP (95% CI = -7.8 to -3.3), 2.2% lower tPA (95% CI = -3.0 to -1.4), 1.2% lower vWF (95% CI = -2.1 to -0.3), and 1.8% lower D-dimer (95% CI = -2.9 to -0.7), and for CRP, vWF, and D-dimer independently of SB. Associations between SB and IL-6 or tPA were independent of MVPA. Longer bouts of PA or SB were not more strongly associated with outcomes than shorter bouts. Longitudinal analyses were inconsistent with these findings, possibly because of power limitations.

conclusionAlthough PA (particularly MVPA) was generally associated with inflammatory and hemostatic biomarkers, we found no evidence that longer bouts were more important than shorter bouts.

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Sedentary BehaviorAccelerometryAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinCross-Sectional StudiesExerciseFibrin Fibrinogen Degradation ProductsHemostasisHumansInflammationInterleukin-6Longitudinal StudiesMaleTissue Plasminogen ActivatorBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinFibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Productsfibrin fragment DInterleukin-6Tissue Plasminogen Activatorvon Willebrand Factor

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PMID28222056
PMCPMC5330416
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