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Table 4 Estimated adjusted differences in systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol given time reallocations between sedentary behaviour and high intensity physical activity among 773 adults and 280 older adults in the fifth examination of the Copenhagen City Heart Study

From: Can we walk away from cardiovascular disease risk or do we have to ‘huff and puff’? A cross-sectional compositional accelerometer data analysis among adults and older adults in the Copenhagen City Heart Study

Time reallocations (min)

Adults (<65 years)

Estimated difference in outcome (95% CI)

Older adults (≥65 years)

Estimated difference in outcome (95% CI)

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

 -12 min (sedentary behaviour → HIPA)

−0.69 (−1.43, 0.06)

 -10

−0.59 (−1.24, 0.06)

 -8

−0.49 (−1.04, 0.05)

 -6

−0.39 (−0.82, 0.04)

−1.06 (−2.61, 0.49)

 -4

−0.27 (−0.57, 0.03)

−0.77 (−1.90, 0.36)

 -2

−0.14 (−0.30, 0.02)

−0.43 (−1.05, 0.21)

 0 (reference composition)

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

 2

0.16 (−0.02, 0.35)

0.56 (−0.29, 1.40)

 4

0.35 (−0.05, 0.76)

1.40 (−0.74, 3.53)

 6

0.58 (−0.09, 1.25)

3.20 (−1.76, 8.16)

 8

0.87 (−0.14, 1.88)

 10

1.26 (−0.22, 2.75)

 12 min (HIPA → sedentary behaviour)

1.92 (−0.36, 4.20)

Waist circumference (cm)

 -12 min (sedentary behaviour → HIPA)

−1.42 (−1.91, −0.94)

 -10

−1.24 (−1.66, −0.82)

 -8

−1.04 (−1.39, −0.68)

 -6

−0.82 (−1.09, −0.54)

−0.51 (−1.28, 0.27)

 -4

− 0.57 (−0.77, −0.38)

−0.36 (−0.93, 0.20)

 -2

− 0.30 (−0.41, −0.20)

−0.20 (−0.51, 0.11)

 0 (reference composition)

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

 2

0.35 (0.23, 0.47)

0.26 (−0.16, 0.68)

 4

0.76 (0.50, 1.02)

0.64 (−0.42, 1.70)

 6

1.26 (0.83, 1.69)

1.44 (−1.03, 3.91)

 8

1.90 (1.25, 2.55)

 10

2.79 (1.83, 3.75)

 12 min (HIPA → sedentary behaviour)

4.27 (2.80, 5.75)

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

 -12 min (sedentary behaviour → HIPA)

−0.07 (−0.11, −0.02)

 -10

−0.06 (−0.10, −0.02)

 -8

−0.05 (−0.08, −0.02)

 -6

−0.04 (−0.06, −0.01)

−0.12 (−0.18, −0.05)

 -4

−0.03 (−0.05, −0.01)

−0.08 (−0.13, −0.04)

 -2

−0.02 (−0.02, −0.01)

−0.05 (−0.07, −0.02)

 0 (reference composition)

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

 2

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

0.06 (0.03, 0.10)

 4

0.04 (0.01, 0.06)

0.16 (0.07, 0.25)

 6

0.06 (0.02, 0.10)

0.37 (0.15, 0.58)

 8

0.09 (0.03, 0.15)

 10

0.13 (0.05, 0.22)

 12 min (HIPA → sedentary behaviour)

0.21 (0.07, 0.34)

  1. Model adjusted for age, sex, level of education, number of alcohol units/week, smoking status, use of prescribed medication
  2. Due to missing values in some covariates, 682 and 231 adults and older adults, respectively, were included in the analyses
  3. Reference composition corresponds to i) 579.8 min sedentary behaviour, 193.4 min standing, 71.1 min moving, 85.5 min walking, 14.2 min HIPA, and 496.1 min in bed among adults, and ii) 589.1 min sedentary behaviour, 186.5 min standing, 72.9 min moving, 74.9 min walking, 6.9 min HIPA, and 509.7 min in bed among older adults (i.e., geometric mean)
  4. Estimates in bold indicate 95% CIs not including 0
  5. CI confidence interval, mm Hg mm of mercury, mmol/L mmol per litre, HIPA high-intensity physical activity which consists of climbing stairs (up/down), running, cycling, and rowing