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Verswijveren, SJJM;Powell, C;Chappel, SE;Ridgers, ND;Carson, BP;Dowd, KP;Perry, IJ;Kearney, PM;Harrington, JM;Donnelly, AE
2022
February
Journal Of Aging And Physical Activity
The Influence of Sitting, Standing, and Stepping Bouts on Cardiometabolic Health Markers in Older Adults
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PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR LEISURE-TIME METABOLIC SYNDROME PATTERNS DISEASE RISK ASSOCIATIONS INACTIVITY INTENSITY
30
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Aside from total time spent in physical activity behaviors, how time is accumulated is important for health. This study examined associations between sitting, standing, and stepping bouts, with cardiometabolic health markers in older adults. Participants from the Mitchelstown Cohort Rescreen Study (N= 221) provided cross-sectional data on activity behaviors (assessed via an activPAL3 Micro) and cardiometabolic health. Bouts of >_10-, >_30-, and >_60-min sitting, standing, and stepping were calculated. Linear regression models were fitted to examine the associations between bouts and cardiometabolic health markers. Sitting (>_10, >_30, and >_60 min) and standing (>_10 and >_30 min) bouts were detrimentally associated with body composition measures, lipid markers, and fasting glucose. The effect for time spent in >_60-min sitting and >_30-min standing bouts was larger than shorter bouts. Fragmenting sitting with bouts of stepping may be targeted to benefit cardiometabolic health. Further insights for the role of standing need to be elicited.
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1063-8652
10.1123/japa.2020-0443
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