Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model

Summary: Background: As one of the most common lifestyles today, sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for many health conditions. To inform potential behavioural guideline development, we aimed to estimate the theoretical effects of replacing sedentary behaviour with different intensity of physical...

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Main Authors: Zhi Cao, Chenjie Xu, Pengjie Zhang, Yaogang Wang
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Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
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author Zhi Cao
Chenjie Xu
Pengjie Zhang
Yaogang Wang
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Chenjie Xu
Pengjie Zhang
Yaogang Wang
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description Summary: Background: As one of the most common lifestyles today, sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for many health conditions. To inform potential behavioural guideline development, we aimed to estimate the theoretical effects of replacing sedentary behaviour with different intensity of physical activity on risks of 45 common non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Methods: A total of 360,047 participants (aged 37-73 years) in the UK Biobank free of the 45 common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were included. Information on sedentary time (sum of television watching, computer using and driving behaviour) and physical activity (measured by International Physical Activity Questionnaire questionnaire) were collected by self-reported at baseline. Participants were followed up for 45 NCDs diagnosis according to the ICD-10 code using linkage to national health records until 2020. Isotemporal substitution models were used to investigate substituting sedentary time with light physical activity (LPA), moderate physical activity (MPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) after adjusting for potential confounders. Finding: Participants who reported > 6 h/day compared with ≤ 2 h/day sedentary time had higher risks of 12 (26.7%) of 45 NCDs, including ischemic heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, thyroid disorder, depression, migraine, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and diverticular disease. Theoretically, replacing sedentary time with equivalent LPA, MPA and VPA was associated with risk reductions in 4, 6 and 10 types of NCDs, respectively. Among long sedentary time (> 6 h/day), replacing 1 h/day sedentary time with equivalent VPA showed stronger associations with 5 NCDs (diabetes, depression, chronic liver disease, diverticular disease and sleep disorder), with a larger risk reduction of 11%-31%. Interpretation: Sedentary time is associated with multiple adverse health conditions, replacing sedentary time with any equivalent amounts of VPA than LPA and MPA could be associated with risk reductions of more types of NCDs. Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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spelling doaj.art-f4a3497804104a839803fea56de9d09e2022-12-22T02:32:35ZengElsevierEClinicalMedicine2589-53702022-06-0148101424Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution modelZhi Cao0Chenjie Xu1Pengjie Zhang2Yaogang Wang3School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China; Corresponding author.Summary: Background: As one of the most common lifestyles today, sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for many health conditions. To inform potential behavioural guideline development, we aimed to estimate the theoretical effects of replacing sedentary behaviour with different intensity of physical activity on risks of 45 common non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Methods: A total of 360,047 participants (aged 37-73 years) in the UK Biobank free of the 45 common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were included. Information on sedentary time (sum of television watching, computer using and driving behaviour) and physical activity (measured by International Physical Activity Questionnaire questionnaire) were collected by self-reported at baseline. Participants were followed up for 45 NCDs diagnosis according to the ICD-10 code using linkage to national health records until 2020. Isotemporal substitution models were used to investigate substituting sedentary time with light physical activity (LPA), moderate physical activity (MPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) after adjusting for potential confounders. Finding: Participants who reported > 6 h/day compared with ≤ 2 h/day sedentary time had higher risks of 12 (26.7%) of 45 NCDs, including ischemic heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, thyroid disorder, depression, migraine, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and diverticular disease. Theoretically, replacing sedentary time with equivalent LPA, MPA and VPA was associated with risk reductions in 4, 6 and 10 types of NCDs, respectively. Among long sedentary time (> 6 h/day), replacing 1 h/day sedentary time with equivalent VPA showed stronger associations with 5 NCDs (diabetes, depression, chronic liver disease, diverticular disease and sleep disorder), with a larger risk reduction of 11%-31%. Interpretation: Sedentary time is associated with multiple adverse health conditions, replacing sedentary time with any equivalent amounts of VPA than LPA and MPA could be associated with risk reductions of more types of NCDs. Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537022001547Sedentary behaviourPhysical activityChronic non-communicable diseasesIsotemporal substitution model
spellingShingle Zhi Cao
Chenjie Xu
Pengjie Zhang
Yaogang Wang
Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model
EClinicalMedicine
Sedentary behaviour
Physical activity
Chronic non-communicable diseases
Isotemporal substitution model
title Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model
title_full Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model
title_fullStr Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model
title_full_unstemmed Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model
title_short Associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions: Outcome-wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model
title_sort associations of sedentary time and physical activity with adverse health conditions outcome wide analyses using isotemporal substitution model
topic Sedentary behaviour
Physical activity
Chronic non-communicable diseases
Isotemporal substitution model
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537022001547
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