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Daily sitting time associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome in Korean adolescents

  • Ki Nam Bae , Hye Ryun Kim , Young-Jun Rhie , Kee-Hyoung Lee and Hyo-Kyoung Nam EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: January 15, 2018
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
From the journal Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Volume 31 Issue 1

Abstract

Background:

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between daily sitting time and the risk of metabolic syndrome in Korean adolescents.

Methods:

Data from 486 adolescents aged 12–18 years were obtained from national surveys. Daily sitting time was measured using questionnaires and divided into three intervals: <8 h; 8–12 h; and ≥12 h.

Results:

The mean daily sitting time and prevalence of positive metabolic components were 620.9±9.9 min/day and 45.5±2.7%, respectively. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, adolescents who sat longer were more likely to have metabolic components (p<0.05), independent of age, sex, area of residence, sleeping time and body mass index.

Conclusions:

Longer daily sitting time appears to be associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome in adolescents. These findings highlight the need to focus on reducing sitting time for all adolescents, not just for those at risk of obesity.

Keywords: metabolic syndrome; sedentary lifestyle; self-report; sitting time; surveys and questionnaires
Corresponding author: Hyo-Kyoung Nam, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, 148 Guro Dong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Republic of Korea, Phone: +82-2-2626-1229, Fax: +82-2-2626-1249

Acknowledgments

This study utilized data from the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), who conducted the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES) and provided the data. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  1. Author contributions: HK Nam, KH Lee designed this study. HK Nam, HR Kim, YJ Rhie and KH Lee conducted data analysis, and KN Bae and HK Nam drafted the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the manuscript.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Competing interests: The authors have no financial conflicts of interest to declare.

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Received: 2017-3-13
Accepted: 2017-11-1
Published Online: 2018-1-15
Published in Print: 2018-1-26

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2017-0110
Keywords for this article
metabolic syndrome; sedentary lifestyle; self-report; sitting time; surveys and questionnaires

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  2. Editorial
  3. Growth and growth hormone: recent papers on efficacy and adverse effects of growth hormone and World Health Organisation growth standards
  4. Review
  5. Allergic and non-allergic skin reactions associated with growth hormone therapy: elucidation of causative agents
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  9. Growth response to growth hormone treatment in patients with SHOX deficiency can be predicted by the Cologne prediction model
  10. WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards overestimate short stature and underestimate overweight in Japanese children
  11. Identifying depressive symptoms among diabetes type and the impact on hemoglobin A1c
  12. Insulin resistance and lung function in obese asthmatic pre-pubertal children
  13. Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency in Danish children and adolescents
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  15. Molecular basis and clinical presentation of classic galactosemia in a Croatian population
  16. Clinical outcome in a series of pediatric patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophies treated with dietary therapy
  17. Letter to the Editor
  18. Spondyloepiphyseal or spondylometaphyseal dysplasia in ancient Greek art
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