Prolonged sitting: Is it a distinct coronary heart disease risk factor?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-419

  Dunstan, David W ^a,b,c,d,e   Thorp, Alicia A ^a   Healy, Genevieve N ^a,b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

breaks in sedentary time; mortality; sedentary behavior; sitting time; television viewing time

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEVISION VIEWING;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051796203     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e3283496605     Document Type: Review

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