ArticleHealth science reports2026
Association Between Daily Sitting Time and Cardiometabolic Indicators in Adult Public Servants: A Cross-Sectional Study With Crude and Adjusted Analyses.
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Objectives: To investigate the association between daily sitting time (ST) and cardiometabolic indicators in adult Brazilian public servants, using both unadjusted and covariate-adjusted analyses. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 60 adult federal public servants (34 women, 26 men; mean age 43.40 ± 11.42 years) from Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. ST was assessed using the short-form International Physical Activity Questionnaire, and participants were categorized as high ST (≥ 8 h/day, Results: The high ST group presented significantly higher values of BMI (29.26 ± 4.46 vs. 26.38 ± 4.09 kg/m Conclusions: Higher daily sitting time was associated with a less favorable cardiometabolic profile in adult public servants, with significant differences across multiple indicators in unadjusted analyses. Fasting glucose showed the most consistent signal after covariate adjustment, suggesting a possible adjusted association between sitting time and glycemic metabolism, though not confirmed in multiple regression. These findings should be interpreted as exploratory given the cross-sectional design, restricted sitting time variability, and moderate sample size. Longitudinal studies with objective sedentary behavior measures are needed to confirm the independence and magnitude of these associations.
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