ArticleDiabetes care2021
Sedentary Time and Metabolic Risk in Extremely Active Older Adults.
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- The association between inflammatory markers, walking speed, and metabolic syndrome in older Chinese adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Reallocating just 10 min to moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from other components of 24-hour movement behaviors improves cardiovascular health in adults.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- A systematic review of research reporting practices in observational studies examining associations between 24-h movement behaviors and indicators of health using compositional data analysis.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Review
- Association between metabolic syndrome severity score and cardiovascular disease: results from a longitudinal cohort study on Chinese adults.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Sarcopenia as Comorbid Chronic Diseases in Older Adults: Established and Emerging Treatments and Therapies.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2023Review
- The potential harms of sedentary behaviour on cardiometabolic health are mitigated in highly active adults: a compositional data analysis.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2023Article
- Impact of BMI, Physical Activity, and Sitting Time Levels on Health-Related Outcomes in a Group of Overweight and Obese Adults with and without Type 2 Diabetes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022Article
- The joint association of physical activity and sedentary behavior with metabolic syndrome among urban men aged 60+ years in regional China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Is Being Physically Active Enough to Be Metabolically Healthy? The Key Role of Sedentary Behavior.Diabetes care · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveIncreasing evidence suggests that time spent sedentary predicts increasing cardiometabolic risk independent of other physical activity. We objectively measured activity levels in active older adults and examined the association between sedentary behavior and the continuous metabolic syndrome risk score (cMSy). RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsOlder adults (age ≥65 years) were recruited from the Whistler Masters ski team, a group of active older adults who undergo organized group training. Daily activity levels were recorded with accelerometers (SenseWear) worn for 7 days. A compositional approach was used to determine proportion of the time spent sedentary as compared with all other nonsedentary behaviors (isometric log-ratio transformation for time spent sedentary [ILR1]). Waist circumference, triglycerides, HDL, systolic blood pressure, and fasting glucose were measured, and cMSy was calculated using principal component analysis (sum of eigenvalues ≥1.0).
resultsFifty-four subjects (30 women and 24 men, mean ± SE age 71.4 ± 0.6 years) were recruited. Subjects demonstrated high levels of physical activity (2.6 ± 0.2 h light activity and 3.9 ± 0.2 h moderate/vigorous activity). In our final parsimonious model, ILR1 showed a significant positive association with increasing cMSy (standardized β = 0.368 ± 0.110,
conclusionsDespite high levels of activity, ILR1 demonstrated a strong association with cMSy. This suggests that even in active older adults, sedentary behavior is associated with increasing cardiometabolic risk.
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