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The Influence of Sitting, Standing, and Stepping Bouts on Cardiometabolic Health Markers in Older Adults

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posted on 2022-01-01, 00:00 authored by Simone VerswijverenSimone Verswijveren, C Powell, S E Chappel, Nicky RidgersNicky Ridgers, B P Carson, K P Dowd, I J Perry, P M Kearney, J M Harrington, A E Donnelly
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.

History

Journal

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volume

30

Issue

1

Pagination

114 - 122

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Location

Champaign, Ill.

ISSN

1063-8652

eISSN

1543-267X

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal