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ArticleCirculation2025

Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Blood Pressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium.

Joanna M Blodgett, Matthew N Ahmadi, Andrew J Atkin, Richard M Pulsford, Vegar Rangul, Sebastien Chastin, Hsiu-Wen Chan, Kristin Suorsa, Esmée A Bakker, Nidhi Gupta and 17 more

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Article in Circulation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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27 authors.

Joanna M BlodgettInstitute of Sport Exercise and Health, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences (J.M.B., M.H.), University College London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7684-3571
Matthew N AhmadiMackenzie Wearables Research Hub, Charles Perkins Centre (M.N.A., N.K., E.S.), Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3115-338X
Andrew J AtkinSchool of Health Sciences and Norwich Epidemiology Centre, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom (A.J.A.).ORCID 0000-0002-3819-3448
Richard M PulsfordFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (R.M.P.).ORCID 0000-0001-6880-7597
Vegar RangulHUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger (V.R.).ORCID 0000-0001-8863-0557
Sebastien ChastinSchool of Health and Life Science, Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom (S.C.).ORCID 0000-0003-1421-9348
Hsiu-Wen ChanSchool of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (H.-W.C., G.D.M.).ORCID 0000-0003-1545-0488
Kristin SuorsaDepartment of Public Health (K.S., S.S.), University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3520-8069
Esmée A BakkerDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute, University of Granada, Spain (E.A.B., T.M.H.E.).ORCID 0000-0003-3899-471X
Nidhi GuptaNational Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark (N.G., A.H.).ORCID 0000-0002-0035-9342
Pasan HettiarachchiOccupational and Environmental Medicine (P.H., P.J.J.), Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1377-1923
Peter J JohanssonOccupational and Environmental Medicine (P.H., P.J.J.), Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9354-6704
Lauren B SherarSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, United Kingdom (L.B.S.).ORCID 0000-0002-9942-5433
Borja Del Pozo CruzFaculty of Sport Sciences, and Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (B.d.P.C.).ORCID 0000-0003-3944-2212
Nicholas A KoemelMackenzie Wearables Research Hub, Charles Perkins Centre (M.N.A., N.K., E.S.), Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia.
Gita D MishraSchool of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (H.-W.C., G.D.M.).ORCID 0000-0001-9610-5904
Thijs M H EijsvogelsDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute, University of Granada, Spain (E.A.B., T.M.H.E.).ORCID 0000-0003-0747-4471
Sari StenholmDepartment of Public Health (K.S., S.S.), University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland.
Alun D HughesUniversity College London British Heart Foundation Research Accelerator (A.D.H.), University College London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5432-5271
Armando Teixeira-PintoSchool of Public Health (A.T.-P.), Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9389-2516
Ulf EkelundDepartment of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo (U.E.).ORCID 0000-0003-2115-9267
I-Min LeeDivision of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (I.M.L.).ORCID 0000-0002-1083-6907
Andreas HoltermannNational Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark (N.G., A.H.).ORCID 0000-0003-4825-5697
Annemarie KosterMaastricht University CAPRHI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Department of Social Medicine Maastricht, The Netherlands (A.K.).ORCID 0000-0003-1583-7391
Emmanuel Stamatakis *Mackenzie Wearables Research Hub, Charles Perkins Centre (M.N.A., N.K., E.S.), Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7323-3225
Mark Hamer *Institute of Sport Exercise and Health, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences (J.M.B., M.H.), University College London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8726-7992
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBlood pressure (BP)-lowering effects of structured exercise are well-established. Effects of 24-hour movement behaviors captured in free-living settings have received less attention. This cross-sectional study investigated associations between a 24-hour behavior composition comprising 6 parts (sleeping, sedentary behavior, standing, slow walking, fast walking, and combined exercise-like activity [eg, running and cycling]) and systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP).

methodsData from thigh-worn accelerometers and BP measurements were collected from 6 cohorts in the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep consortium (ProPASS) (n=14 761; mean±SD, 54.2±9.6 years). Individual participant analysis using compositional data analysis was conducted with adjustments for relevant harmonized covariates. Based on the average sample composition, reallocation plots examined estimated BP reductions through behavioral replacement; the theoretical benefits of optimal (ie, clinically meaningful improvement in SBP [2 mm Hg] or DBP [1 mm Hg]) and minimal (ie, 5-minute reallocation) behavioral replacements were identified.

resultsThe average 24-hour composition consisted of sleeping (7.13±1.19 hours), sedentary behavior (10.7±1.9 hours), standing (3.2±1.1 hours), slow walking (1.6±0.6 hours), fast walking (1.1±0.5 hours), and exercise-like activity (16.0±16.3 minutes). More time spent exercising or sleeping, relative to other behaviors, was associated with lower BP. An additional 5 minutes of exercise-like activity was associated with estimated reductions of -0.68 mm Hg (95% CI, -0.15, -1.21) SBP and -0.54 mm Hg (95% CI, -0.19, 0.89) DBP. Clinically meaningful improvements in SBP and DBP were estimated after 20 to 27 minutes and 10 to 15 minutes of reallocation of time in other behaviors into additional exercise. Although more time spent being sedentary was adversely associated with SBP and DBP, there was minimal impact of standing or walking.

conclusionsStudy findings reiterate the importance of exercise for BP control, suggesting that small additional amounts of exercise are associated with lower BP in a free-living setting.

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Blood PressureExerciseAccelerometryAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSedentary BehaviorSleepTime FactorsWalkingcardiometabolic risk factorsepidemiologyexerciseobservational studysedentary behaviorsleepwalking

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