Associations Between Television Viewing Time and Overall Sitting Time with the Metabolic Syndrome in Older Men and Women: The Australian Diabetes Obesity and Lifestyle Study

摘要: OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between self-reported television (TV) viewing time and overall sitting with the metabolic syndrome its components. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Population-based sample of older men women living in Australia. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand nine hundred fifty-eight participants from Australian Diabetes, Obesity Lifestyle (AusDiab) study (aged?60, mean age 69, 54% women). MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The was defined according to revised International Diabetes Federation criteria. RESULTS: Compared those lowest quartile, odds ratios (ORs) highest quartile 1.42 (95% confidence interval (CI)=0.93�2.15) for CI=1.01�2.01) 1.57 CI=1.02�2.41) 1.56 CI=1.09�2.24) women. Television associated lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels glucose intolerance Overall detrimentally greater risk high triglyceride women, abdominal obesity low HDL-C men. All models adjusted age, education, physical activity, self-rated health, employment, diet, smoking, alcohol intake hormone replacement therapy estrogen use women. CONCLUSION: For adults, sedentary behavior prevalence syndrome; reducing prolonged may be a feasible way improve health.