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Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology 9/2018

Open Access 01-09-2018 | META-ANALYSIS

Sedentary behaviour and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose response meta-analysis

Authors: Richard Patterson, Eoin McNamara, Marko Tainio, Thiago Hérick de Sá, Andrea D. Smith, Stephen J. Sharp, Phil Edwards, James Woodcock, Søren Brage, Katrien Wijndaele

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 9/2018

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Abstract

Purpose: To estimate the strength and shape of the dose–response relationship between sedentary behaviour and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), adjusted for physical activity (PA). Data Sources: Pubmed, Web of Knowledge, Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar (through September-2016); reference lists. Study Selection: Prospective studies reporting associations between total daily sedentary time or TV viewing time, and ≥ one outcome of interest. Data Extraction: Two independent reviewers extracted data, study quality was assessed; corresponding authors were approached where needed. Data Synthesis: Thirty-four studies (1,331,468 unique participants; good study quality) covering 8 exposure-outcome combinations were included. For total sedentary behaviour, the PA-adjusted relationship was non-linear for all-cause mortality (RR per 1 h/day: were 1.01 (1.00–1.01) ≤ 8 h/day; 1.04 (1.03–1.05) > 8 h/day of exposure), and for CVD mortality (1.01 (0.99–1.02) ≤ 6 h/day; 1.04 (1.03–1.04) > 6 h/day). The association was linear (1.01 (1.00–1.01)) with T2D and non-significant with cancer mortality. Stronger PA-adjusted associations were found for TV viewing (h/day); non-linear for all-cause mortality (1.03 (1.01–1.04) ≤ 3.5 h/day; 1.06 (1.05–1.08) > 3.5 h/day) and for CVD mortality (1.02 (0.99–1.04) ≤ 4 h/day; 1.08 (1.05–1.12) > 4 h/day). Associations with cancer mortality (1.03 (1.02–1.04)) and T2D were linear (1.09 (1.07–1.12)). Conclusions: Independent of PA, total sitting and TV viewing time are associated with greater risk for several major chronic disease outcomes. For all-cause and CVD mortality, a threshold of 6–8 h/day of total sitting and 3–4 h/day of TV viewing was identified, above which the risk is increased.
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Metadata
Title
Sedentary behaviour and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose response meta-analysis
Authors
Richard Patterson
Eoin McNamara
Marko Tainio
Thiago Hérick de Sá
Andrea D. Smith
Stephen J. Sharp
Phil Edwards
James Woodcock
Søren Brage
Katrien Wijndaele
Publication date
01-09-2018
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 9/2018
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-018-0380-1

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