ArticleBMC public health2023
Are the different cut-off points for sitting time associated with excess weight in adults? A population based study in Latin America.
Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02226627 (Latin American Survey of Nutrition and Health / Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición y Salud), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Latin American Survey of Nutrition and Health / Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición y Salud
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
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Abstract
backgroundExcess weight is increasing worldwide, and in Latin America more than half of the population is excess weight. One of the reasons for this increase has been excessive sitting time. Still, it remains to be seen whether there is an excessive amount of that time in Latin American adults. This study aimed to associate different sitting time cut-off points with the excess weight.
methodsData from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS), a cross-sectional population-based survey conducted in eight Latin American countries, were used. The excess weight indicators used were body mass index, and waist and neck circumferences. Sitting time was obtained using questionnaires and categorized at different cut-off points. Differences between sitting time categories (< 4 or ≥ 4; < 6 or ≥ 6; and < 8 or ≥ 8 hours/day) and excess weight were obtained by Student's t test for independent samples and the association between sitting time categories and different indicators of excess weight were obtained by logistic regression.
resultsThe median of the sitting time was 420 min/day (IQR: 240-600). There were no significant differences between body mass index (kg/m
conclusionsSitting time above 8 hours/day was associated with higher odds of excess weight, even though there were no differences in waist circumference between sitting time categories.
trial registrationClinical Trials NCT02226627. (27/08/2014).
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