| Title: | Replacement of Sedentary Behavior by Various Daily-Life Physical Activities and Structured Exercises: Genetic Risk and Incident Type 2 Diabetes. |
| Journal: | Diabetes Care |
| Published: | 28 Jun 2021 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34183430/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-0455 |
| URL: | https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article-pdf/44/10/2403/632391/dc210455.pdf |
| Citations: | 29 (16 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 5669
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To prospectively analyze the association of sedentary behavior time with type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk and perform the isotemporal substitution analyses to estimate the effect of substitution of sedentary behaviors by equal time of different types of daily-life physical activities and structured exercise. We also examined modifications by the genetic predisposition to T2D.</p>
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We included 475,502 participants free of T2D in the UK Biobank. Sedentary time was quantified by summing up the time spent on television watching, computer use, and driving.</p>
RESULTS: During a median follow-up of 11 years, we documented 18,169 incident T2D cases. In comparison of the extreme categories (≥6 vs. <2 h/day), the hazard ratio for T2D was 1.58 (95% CI 1.47, 1.71) after adjustment for age, race, sex, lifestyle factors, and other covariates. Replacing 30 min of sedentary behavior per day with an equal amount of time of different types of daily-life activities and structured exercise was significantly associated with a 6-31% risk reduction of T2D, with strenuous sports showing the strongest (31%, 95% CI 24, 37) benefit. Moreover, we found a significant interaction between sedentary behavior and genetic predisposition for the risk of T2D (P interaction = 0.0008). The association was more profound among participants with a lower genetic risk of T2D.</p>
CONCLUSIONS: Our study indicates that sedentary behavior time is associated with an increased risk of T2D; replacing sedentary behavior with a short duration (30 min/day) of daily-life physical activities or structured exercise is related to a significant reduction in T2D risk. Furthermore, such association was stronger among those with a lower genetic risk of T2D.</p>
6 Authors
- Xiang Li
- Tao Zhou
- Hao Ma
- Zhaoxia Liang
- Vivian A Fonseca
- Lu Qi
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