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Title

Tracking of total sedentary time and sedentary patterns in youth: a pooled analysis using the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD).

Authors

van Ekris, Evi; Wijndaele, Katrien; Altenburg, Teatske M.; Atkin, Andrew J.; Twisk, Jos; Andersen, Lars B.; Janz, Kathleen F.; Froberg, Karsten; Northstone, Kate; Page, Angie S.; Sardinha, Luis B.; van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Chinapaw, Mai; On behalf of the International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators; Andersen, L. B.; Anderssen, S.; Atkin, A. J.; Cardon, G.; Davey, R.; Ekelund, U.

Abstract

Background: To gain more understanding of the potential health effects of sedentary time, knowledge is required about the accumulation and longitudinal development of young people's sedentary time. This study examined tracking of young peoples' total and prolonged sedentary time as well as their day-to-day variation using the International Children's Accelerometry Database. Methods: Longitudinal accelerometer data of 5991 children (aged 4-17y) was used from eight studies in five countries. Children were included if they provided valid (≥8 h/day) accelerometer data on ≥4 days, including ≥1 weekend day, at both baseline and follow-up (average follow-up: 2.7y; range 0.7–8.2). Tracking of total and prolonged (i.e. ≥10-min bouts) sedentary time was examined using multilevel modelling to adjust for clustering of observations, with baseline levels of sedentary time as predictor and follow-up levels as outcome. Standardized regression coefficients were interpreted as tracking coefficients (low: < 0.3; moderate: 0.3–0.6; high: > 0.6). Results: Average total sedentary time at study level ranged from 246 to 387 min/day at baseline and increased annually by 21.4 min/day (95% confidence interval [19.6–23.0]) on average. This increase consisted almost entirely of prolonged sedentary time (20.9 min/day [19.2–22.7]). Total (standardized regression coefficient (B) = 0.48 [0.45–0.50]) and prolonged sedentary time (B = 0.43 [0.41–0.45]) tracked moderately. Tracking of day-to-day variation in total (B = 0.04 [0.02–0.07]) and prolonged (B = 0.07 [0.04–0.09]) sedentary time was low. Conclusion: Young people with high levels of sedentary time are likely to remain among the people with highest sedentary time as they grow older. Day-to-day variation in total and prolonged sedentary time, however, was rather variable over time.

Subjects

CHILD behavior; LONGITUDINAL method; REGRESSION analysis; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; SEDENTARY lifestyles; SCREEN time

Publication

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, 2020, Vol 17, Issue 1, p1

ISSN

1479-5868

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1186/s12966-020-00960-5

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