Leisure sedentary time is differentially associated with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia depending on occupation

• Main Authors: Man Sup Lim (Author), Bumjung Park (Author), Il Gyu Kong (Author), Songyong Sim (Author), So Young Kim (Author), Jin-Hwan Kim (Author), Hyo Geun Choi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sedentary behavior is considered an independent cause of cardio-metabolic diseases, regardless of physical activity level and obesity. Few studies have reported the association between leisure sedentary time and cardio-vascular diseases in terms of occupation. Methods We performe...