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Paradoxical Associations of Occupational and Nonoccupational Sedentary Behavior With Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Abdullah B Alansare1, Joshua L Paley, Tyler D Quinn
1From the Department of Exercise Physiology, College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (A.B.A.); Department of Health and Human Development, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (J.L.P.); and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, West Virginia (T.D.Q., B.B.G.).
Objectives:
We assessed sedentary behavior (SB) patterns and examined its associations, by domain, with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk measures in desk workers ( N = 273).
Methods:
Sedentary behavior was measured by activPAL3 and partitioned into occupational and nonoccupational SB. Cardiovascular disease risk measures included blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, heart rate, and heart rate variability. Paired t tests evaluated patterns of SB across domains. Linear regressions estimated associations of occupational and nonoccupational SB with CVD risk measures.
Results:
Participants spent 69% of their time in SB; higher proportions were accumulated during occupational versus nonoccupational time. Higher all-domain SB was only associated with higher pulse wave velocity. Paradoxically, greater nonoccupational SB unfavorably associated with CVD risk measures, while higher occupational SB favorably correlated to CVD risk measures.
Conclusions:
Observed paradoxical associations suggest that domain should be considered in efforts to improve cardiovascular health by reducing SB.
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