SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Associations of Sedentary Time with Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.
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- Effects of reducing sedentary behaviour on heart rate variability and cardio-metabolic biomarkers in desk workers with untreated high blood pressure.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Interactions Between Sedentary Behaviour, Moderate-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity and Acute Psychological Stress-Induced Inflammatory Responses.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Article
- Study protocol and rationale of "the UP project": evaluating the effectiveness of active breaks on health indicators in desk-based workers.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Associations between physical activity and autonomic function during deep breathing test: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS).Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2023Article
- Temporal longitudinal associations of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and carotid intima-media thickness with resting heart rate and inflammation in youth.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2023Article
- Correlation between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and heart rate variability among young overweight adults.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2022Article
- A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study of Cardiac Autonomic Status by Five Minute Heart Rate Variability among Type 2 Diabetics, Hypertensives and Normotensive-Nondiabetics.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate if sedentary time (ST) is associated with heart rate (HR) and variability (HRV) in adults.
methodsWe systematically searched PubMed and Google Scholar through June 2020. Inclusion criteria were observational design, humans, adults, English language, ST as the exposure, resting HR/HRV as the outcome, and (meta-analysis only) availability of the quantitative association with variability. After qualitative synthesis, meta-analysis used inverse variance heterogeneity models to estimate pooled associations.
resultsThirteen and eight articles met the criteria for the systematic review and meta-analysis, respectively. All studies were cross-sectional and few used gold standard ST or HRV assessment methodology. The qualitative synthesis suggested no associations between ST and HR/HRV. The meta-analysis found a significant association between ST and HR (β = 0.24 bpm per hour ST; CI: 0.10, 0.37) that was stronger in males (β = 0.36 bpm per hour ST; CI: 0.19, 0.53). Pooled associations between ST and HRV indices were non-significant (
conclusionsThe limited available evidence suggests an unfavorable but not clinically meaningful association between ST and HR, but no association with HRV. Future longitudinal studies assessing ST with thigh-based monitoring and HRV with electrocardiogram are needed.
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