Association between leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior with cardiometabolic health in the ELSA-Brasil participants.
Francisco José Gondim PitangaSheila Maria Alvim MatosMaria da Conceição C AlmeidaAna Luísa PatrãoMaria Del Carmen Bisi MolinaEstela Ml AquinoPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2019)
High levels of leisure-time physical activity and low levels of sedentary behavior were both inversely associated with the cardiometabolic variables analyzed; however, the two variables when evaluated in conjunction appear to produce more consistent associations, particularly when sedentary behavior is evaluated according to leisure-based screen time.