Television Viewing Time and Mortality
Author(s) -
David W. Dunstan,
Elizabeth Barr,
Geneviève N. Healy,
Jo Salmon,
J.E. Shaw,
Beverley Balkau,
Dianna J. Magliano,
Adrian J. Cameron,
Paul Zimmet,
Neville Owen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.894824
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , waist , demography , confidence interval , obesity , mortality rate , cancer , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , endocrinology , sociology
Television viewing time, the predominant leisure-time sedentary behavior, is associated with biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk, but its relationship with mortality has not been studied. We examined the associations of prolonged television viewing time with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and non-CVD/noncancer mortality in Australian adults.
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