Sitting Time and Body Mass Index, in a Portuguese Sample of Men: Results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS)

The aim of this study was to verify the relation between body mass index (BMI) and sitting time in a sample of 4,091 Azorean men. BMI was calculated from self-reported weight and height. Total physical activity (PA) time and total sitting time were assessed with the IPAQ (short version). Linear Regr...

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Autores principales: Santos, Rute, Soares-Miranda, Luísa, Vale, Susana, Moreira, Carla, Marques, Ana I., Mota, Jorge
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20617042
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7041500
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author Santos, Rute
Soares-Miranda, Luísa
Vale, Susana
Moreira, Carla
Marques, Ana I.
Mota, Jorge
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description The aim of this study was to verify the relation between body mass index (BMI) and sitting time in a sample of 4,091 Azorean men. BMI was calculated from self-reported weight and height. Total physical activity (PA) time and total sitting time were assessed with the IPAQ (short version). Linear Regression analysis showed that total sitting time (hours/day) was positively associated with BMI (B = 0.078; p < 0.001) after adjustments for age, meal frequency, alcohol and tobacco consumptions, island of residence, education level and total PA time. Although the cross sectional design precludes us from establishing causality, our findings emphasize the importance of reducing sedentary behavior to decrease the risk of obesity.
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spelling pubmed-28723322010-07-08 Sitting Time and Body Mass Index, in a Portuguese Sample of Men: Results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS) Santos, Rute Soares-Miranda, Luísa Vale, Susana Moreira, Carla Marques, Ana I. Mota, Jorge Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to verify the relation between body mass index (BMI) and sitting time in a sample of 4,091 Azorean men. BMI was calculated from self-reported weight and height. Total physical activity (PA) time and total sitting time were assessed with the IPAQ (short version). Linear Regression analysis showed that total sitting time (hours/day) was positively associated with BMI (B = 0.078; p < 0.001) after adjustments for age, meal frequency, alcohol and tobacco consumptions, island of residence, education level and total PA time. Although the cross sectional design precludes us from establishing causality, our findings emphasize the importance of reducing sedentary behavior to decrease the risk of obesity. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010-04 2010-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2872332/ /pubmed/20617042 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7041500 Text en © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Santos, Rute
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Moreira, Carla
Marques, Ana I.
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title Sitting Time and Body Mass Index, in a Portuguese Sample of Men: Results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS)
title_full Sitting Time and Body Mass Index, in a Portuguese Sample of Men: Results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS)
title_fullStr Sitting Time and Body Mass Index, in a Portuguese Sample of Men: Results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS)
title_full_unstemmed Sitting Time and Body Mass Index, in a Portuguese Sample of Men: Results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS)
title_short Sitting Time and Body Mass Index, in a Portuguese Sample of Men: Results from the Azorean Physical Activity and Health Study (APAHS)
title_sort sitting time and body mass index, in a portuguese sample of men: results from the azorean physical activity and health study (apahs)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20617042
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7041500
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