Autor(es): Sebastiao, Emerson ; Bobitt, Julie ; Papini, Camila Bosquiero ; Nakamura, Priscila Missaki [UNESP] ; Kokubun, Eduardo [UNESP] ; Gobbi, Sebastiao [UNESP]
Data: 2021
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/210322
Origem: Oasisbr
Assunto(s): body fat; chronic diseases; elderly; developing country; sitting time
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Fundacao Municipal da Saude de Rio Claro, Brazil
Conselho Regional de Educacao Fisica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sedentary behavior (SB) has emerged as a new health risk factor, including risk of premature death. This study examined the association between SB and measures of physical activity and body fatness in older Brazilian adults. Self-report measures of SB (ie, sitting time [ST]), leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), and body fatness (body mass index [BMI]) were collected from 355 older adults aged 60 years and older by trained interviewers. Statistical procedures were conducted using SPSS software with significance set at P < .05. Overall, the median ST was 3 hours per day. Mean values of LTPA and BMI for the entire sample were 90.0 (197.4) min/week and 26.5 (4.9) kg/m(2), respectively. Partial correlations controlling for age revealed that ST was negatively associated with LTPA (pr = -.15 [-.25; -.04]; P = .006) and positively associated with BMI (pr = .25 [.14; .35]; P < .001). Age, BMI, and LTPA emerged as independent predictors of ST, explaining a small but significant variance in ST (R-2 = .12; P = .02). Furthermore, t test revealed a significant difference in LTPA and BMI between groups of different amounts of sitting. The findings suggest that prolonged ST may have a negative impact on LTPA and BMI in older Brazilian adults.
Northern Illinois Univ, Dept Kinesiol & Phys Educ, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, De Kalb, IL 60115 USA
Univ Illinois, Interdisciplinary Hlth Sci Program, Champaign, IL 61820 USA
Univ Fed Triangulo Mineiro, Dept Sports Sci, Uberaba, MG, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Dept Phys Educ, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Dept Phys Educ, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Conselho Regional de Educacao Fisica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil: CREF04/SP
