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Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress

Background: Sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Exaggerated psychobiological responses to acute psychological stress increase CVD risk. Sedentary behaviour is associated with characteristics that can predict large psych...

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Main Authors: Aiden Chauntry, Nicolette Bishop, Mark Hamer, Andrew Kingsnorth, Yu-Ling Chen, Nicola Paine
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19447232.v1
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author Aiden Chauntry
Nicolette Bishop
Mark Hamer
Andrew Kingsnorth
Yu-Ling Chen
Nicola Paine
author_facet Aiden Chauntry
Nicolette Bishop
Mark Hamer
Andrew Kingsnorth
Yu-Ling Chen
Nicola Paine
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description Background: Sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Exaggerated psychobiological responses to acute psychological stress increase CVD risk. Sedentary behaviour is associated with characteristics that can predict large psychobiological stress response patterns (e.g., elevated resting blood pressure and systemic inflammation), but it is currently unknown whether sedentary behaviour and stress reactivity are directly linked. The aim of this study was to examine associations between device-assessed sedentary behaviour and measures of stress reactivity.Methods: Sixty-one healthy adults wore an activPAL (thigh) and ActiGraph (wrist) for seven days to measure habitual levels of sedentary behaviour (mean ± SD = 9.96 ± 1.48 hours/day) and moderateto-vigorous physical activity (mean ± SD = 101.82 ± 42.92 minutes/day). Participants then underwent stress reactivity testing, where beat-to-beat cardiovascular (e.g., blood pressure, total peripheral resistance), inflammatory (plasma interleukin-6, leukocytes) and salivary cortisol measurements were taken in response to an 8-minute socially evaluative Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test.Results: Higher volumes of daily sedentary behaviour were associated with larger stress responses for diastolic blood pressure (Β=1.264, 95%CI=0.537—1.990, p=.005), total peripheral resistance (Β=40.563, 95%CI=19.310—61.812, p
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spelling rr-article-194472322022-03-31T00:00:00Z Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress Aiden Chauntry (5781164) Nicolette Bishop (1255977) Mark Hamer (1254141) Andrew Kingsnorth (4514005) Yu-Ling Chen (3591185) Nicola Paine (4352665) Sedentary behaviour Movement behaviours Sitting Stress reactivity Acute psychological stress Stress response <div>Background: Sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Exaggerated psychobiological responses to acute psychological stress increase CVD risk. Sedentary behaviour is associated with characteristics that can predict large psychobiological stress response patterns (e.g., elevated resting blood pressure and systemic inflammation), but it is currently unknown whether sedentary behaviour and stress reactivity are directly linked. The aim of this study was to examine associations between device-assessed sedentary behaviour and measures of stress reactivity.</div><div>Methods: Sixty-one healthy adults wore an activPAL (thigh) and ActiGraph (wrist) for seven days to measure habitual levels of sedentary behaviour (mean ± SD = 9.96 ± 1.48 hours/day) and moderateto-vigorous physical activity (mean ± SD = 101.82 ± 42.92 minutes/day). Participants then underwent stress reactivity testing, where beat-to-beat cardiovascular (e.g., blood pressure, total peripheral resistance), inflammatory (plasma interleukin-6, leukocytes) and salivary cortisol measurements were taken in response to an 8-minute socially evaluative Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test.</div><div>Results: Higher volumes of daily sedentary behaviour were associated with larger stress responses for diastolic blood pressure (Β=1.264, 95%CI=0.537—1.990, p=.005), total peripheral resistance (Β=40.563, 95%CI=19.310—61.812, p<.001), interleukin-6 (Β=0.219, 95%CI=0.109—0.329, p<.001) and cortisol (Β=1.844, 95%CI=1.139—2.549, p<.001). These findings emerged independent of a priori determined covariates, including daily levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and adiposity.</div><div>Discussion: Exaggerated stress reactivity is characteristic of high sedentary behaviour and could be a novel mechanism linking sedentary behaviour with CVD. Future work should examine the impact of reducing sedentary behaviour on measures of stress reactivity, as this may have clinical relevance for preventing CVD. </div> 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/19447232.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Sedentary_behaviour_is_associated_with_heightened_cardiovascular_inflammatory_and_cortisol_reactivity_to_acute_psychological_stress/19447232 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
spellingShingle Sedentary behaviour
Movement behaviours
Sitting
Stress reactivity
Acute psychological stress
Stress response
Aiden Chauntry
Nicolette Bishop
Mark Hamer
Andrew Kingsnorth
Yu-Ling Chen
Nicola Paine
Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress
title Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress
title_full Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress
title_fullStr Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress
title_full_unstemmed Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress
title_short Sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress
title_sort sedentary behaviour is associated with heightened cardiovascular, inflammatory and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress
topic Sedentary behaviour
Movement behaviours
Sitting
Stress reactivity
Acute psychological stress
Stress response
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19447232.v1