SynthesisEuropean journal of epidemiology2018
Sedentary behaviour and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose response meta-analysis.
Synthesis in European journal of epidemiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06592209 (Body Electric), which is not on this map. Cited by 671 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Body Electric: a Pragmatic Trial Evaluating Movement Breaks As a Public Health Strategy to Mitigate the Harms of Prolonged Sedentary Behavior
Who cites it
671 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association Between Esports Participation and Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Acute cognitive effects of interruptions to prolonged sitting with brief standing or physical activity breaks: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical guidelines on physical activity and exercise therapy for Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes: A clinical practice guideline from the Chinese Society of Endocrinology.Journal of sport and health science · 2026Guideline
- Acute effects of physical activity breaking up sedentary behavior on cognitive function, biological mechanisms, and practical recommendations: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating the methods used to examine sitting breaks and their influence on mental load, physical strain, and cognitive performance - a scoping review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of exercise snacks on cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, metabolic health, and muscle strength in sedentary individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of working from home on sedentary behaviour and physical activity compared to onsite work in the working population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Sports Preparticipation Evaluation for Healthy Adults: A Consensus-Based German Guideline.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Guideline
- Effectiveness of Digital Health Interventions on Sedentary Behavior Among Patients With Chronic Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Pooled it
- Factors for adherence to a physical activity promotion program in the workplace: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Association between sedentary behavior and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Digital Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Interventions for Community-Living Adults: Umbrella Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Causal Association Between Sedentary Behaviors and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mendelian Randomization Studies.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of Sedentary Behaviors on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Physical activity, sedentary behavior and microbiome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of science and medicine in sport · 2024Pooled it
- The Best Exercise Modality and Dose to Reduce Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review with Pairwise, Network, and Dose-Response Meta-Analyses.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Role of physical activity and sedentary behavior in venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Acute arterial stiffness responses to various bouts of grounded and heightened one-leg standing.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- A multilevel school-based intervention on sedentary time in children: effectiveness and socioeconomic moderation results from the CIPRES cluster-RCT.Frontiers in public health · 2026Trial
- Effects of physically active lessons and active breaks on cognitive performance and health indicators in elementary school children: a cluster randomized trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
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Abstract
purposeTo estimate the strength and shape of the dose-response relationship between sedentary behaviour and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), adjusted for physical activity (PA). Data Sources: Pubmed, Web of Knowledge, Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar (through September-2016); reference lists. Study Selection: Prospective studies reporting associations between total daily sedentary time or TV viewing time, and ≥ one outcome of interest. Data Extraction: Two independent reviewers extracted data, study quality was assessed; corresponding authors were approached where needed. Data Synthesis: Thirty-four studies (1,331,468 unique participants; good study quality) covering 8 exposure-outcome combinations were included. For total sedentary behaviour, the PA-adjusted relationship was non-linear for all-cause mortality (RR per 1 h/day: were 1.01 (1.00-1.01) ≤ 8 h/day; 1.04 (1.03-1.05) > 8 h/day of exposure), and for CVD mortality (1.01 (0.99-1.02) ≤ 6 h/day; 1.04 (1.03-1.04) > 6 h/day). The association was linear (1.01 (1.00-1.01)) with T2D and non-significant with cancer mortality. Stronger PA-adjusted associations were found for TV viewing (h/day); non-linear for all-cause mortality (1.03 (1.01-1.04) ≤ 3.5 h/day; 1.06 (1.05-1.08) > 3.5 h/day) and for CVD mortality (1.02 (0.99-1.04) ≤ 4 h/day; 1.08 (1.05-1.12) > 4 h/day). Associations with cancer mortality (1.03 (1.02-1.04)) and T2D were linear (1.09 (1.07-1.12)).
conclusionsIndependent of PA, total sitting and TV viewing time are associated with greater risk for several major chronic disease outcomes. For all-cause and CVD mortality, a threshold of 6-8 h/day of total sitting and 3-4 h/day of TV viewing was identified, above which the risk is increased.
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