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- Title
Patterns of Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A National Cohort Study.
- Authors
Diaz, Keith M.; Howard, Virginia J.; Hutto, Brent; Colabianchi, Natalie; Vena, John E.; Safford, Monika M.; Blair, Steven N.; Hooker, Steven P.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Excessive sedentary time is ubiquitous in Western societies. Previous studies have relied on self-reporting to evaluate the total volume of sedentary time as a prognostic risk factor for mortality and have not examined whether the manner in which sedentary time is accrued (in short or long bouts) carries prognostic relevance.<bold>Objective: </bold>To examine the association between objectively measured sedentary behavior (its total volume and accrual in prolonged, uninterrupted bouts) and all-cause mortality.<bold>Design: </bold>Prospective cohort study.<bold>Setting: </bold>Contiguous United States.<bold>Participants: </bold>7985 black and white adults aged 45 years or older.<bold>Measurements: </bold>Sedentary time was measured using a hip-mounted accelerometer. Prolonged, uninterrupted sedentariness was expressed as mean sedentary bout length. Hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated comparing quartiles 2 through 4 to quartile 1 for each exposure (quartile cut points: 689.7, 746.5, and 799.4 min/d for total sedentary time; 7.7, 9.6, and 12.4 min/bout for sedentary bout duration) in models that included moderate to vigorous physical activity.<bold>Results: </bold>Over a median follow-up of 4.0 years, 340 participants died. In multivariable-adjusted models, greater total sedentary time (HR, 1.22 [95% CI, 0.74 to 2.02]; HR, 1.61 [CI, 0.99 to 2.63]; and HR, 2.63 [CI, 1.60 to 4.30]; P for trend < 0.001) and longer sedentary bout duration (HR, 1.03 [CI, 0.67 to 1.60]; HR, 1.22 [CI, 0.80 to 1.85]; and HR, 1.96 [CI, 1.31 to 2.93]; P for trend < 0.001) were both associated with a higher risk for all-cause mortality. Evaluation of their joint association showed that participants classified as high for both sedentary characteristics (high sedentary time [≥12.5 h/d] and high bout duration [≥10 min/bout]) had the greatest risk for death.<bold>Limitation: </bold>Participants may not be representative of the general U.S. population.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Both the total volume of sedentary time and its accrual in prolonged, uninterrupted bouts are associated with all-cause mortality, suggesting that physical activity guidelines should target reducing and interrupting sedentary time to reduce risk for death.<bold>Primary Funding Source: </bold>National Institutes of Health.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CAUSES of death; EXERCISE; LONGITUDINAL method; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH funding; TIME; ACCELEROMETRY; PROPORTIONAL hazards models; SEDENTARY lifestyles
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2017, Vol 167, Issue 7, p465
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7326/M17-0212