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Sedentary behaviour and chronic stress in old age: a cross-sectional analysis of TV viewing and hair cortisol concentrations

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posted on 2023-08-30, 16:23 authored by Sarah E. Jackson, Joseph Firth, Igor Grabovac, Ai Koyanagi, Brendon Stubbs, Pinar Soysal, Ash Willmott, Lin Yang, Lee Smith
Purpose: Several studies have reported a positive association between sedentary behaviour and perceived stress, but none using a population-based sample have examined this relationship using an objective measure of stress exposure. The aim of this study was therefore to analyse the association between sedentary behaviour (operationalised as daily TV viewing time) and levels of cortisol in hair (an objective measure of chronic stress) using data from a large population-based sample of older adults. Method: Analyses used cross-sectional data from older adults (≥50 years) participating in Wave 6 (2012/13) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Hair cortisol concentrations were determined from the scalp‐nearest 2cm hair segment. TV viewing time was self-reported and categorised as <2, 2<4, 4<6, or ≥6 hours/day. Covariates included age, sex, ethnicity, education, wealth, limiting long-standing illness, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, body mass index, and depressive symptoms. Results: The sample comprised 3,555 men and women, of whom 284 (8.0%) reported watching less than 2 hours of TV per day, 1,160 (32.6%) 2-4 hours, 1,079 (30.4%) 4-6 hours, and 1,032 (29.0%) ≥6 hours. Mean hair cortisol concentrations for those spending <2, 2<4, 4<6, and ≥6 hours per day watching TV were 0.862, 0.880, 0.889, and 0.934 log pg/mg, respectively. Differences between groups were not statistically significant in unadjusted (p=.088) or adjusted (p=.663) models. Conclusion: In a large sample of older adults in England, self-reported sedentary behaviour was not associated with a biomarker of chronic stress. However, future longitudinal research should be undertaken to confirm/refute this finding.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

109

Page range

104375

Publication title

Psychoneuroendocrinology

ISSN

1873-3360

Publisher

Elsevier

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2019-07-10

Legacy creation date

2019-07-05

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care

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