Open AccessSedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, and Markers of Health in Older Adults
Author(s) -
Keith P. Gennuso,
Ronald E. Gang,
Charles E. Matthews,
Keith M. Thraen-Borowski,
Lisa H. Colbert
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e318288a1e5
Subject(s) - waist , quartile , body mass index , medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , physical activity , circumference , demography , sedentary behavior , physical therapy , environmental health , population , confidence interval , geometry , mathematics , sociology
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sedentary behavior (SB), cardiometabolic risk factors, and self-reported physical function by level of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).