Europe PMC Funders Group Author Manuscript Pediatr Exerc Sci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 August 01. Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2017 August ; 29(3): 326–335. doi:10.1123/pes.2016-0168.
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Associations of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time with arterial stiffness in pre-pubertal children Eero A. Haapalaa,b,c, Juuso Väistöa,d, Aapo Veijalainena, Niina Lintua, Petri Wiklunde, Kate Westgatef, Ulf Ekelundf,g, Virpi Lindia, Soren Bragef, and Timo A. Lakkaa,h,i aInstitute
of Biomedicine / Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Finland bChildhood Health & Active Living Research Group, Department of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland cChild Development and Exercise Center, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands dInstitute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Finland eDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland fMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK gDepartment of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Science, Oslo, Norway hDepartment of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland iKuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland
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Purpose—To investigate the relationships of objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) to arterial stiffness in pre-pubertal children. Method—Altogether 136 children (57 boys, 79 girls) aged 6–8-years participated in the study. Stiffness index (SI) was assessed by pulse contour analysis based on photoplethysmography. ST, light PA, moderate PA, and vigorous PA were assessed using combined acceleration and heart rate monitoring. We investigated the associations of ST (
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Associations of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time with arterial stiffness in pre-pubertal children Eero A. Haapalaa,b,c, Juuso Väistöa,d, Aapo Veijalainena, Niina Lintua, Petri Wiklunde, Kate Westgatef, Ulf Ekelundf,g, Virpi Lindia, Soren Bragef, and Timo A. Lakkaa,h,i aInstitute
of Biomedicine / Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Finland bChildhood Health & Active Living Research Group, Department of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland cChild Development and Exercise Center, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands dInstitute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Finland eDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland fMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK gDepartment of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Science, Oslo, Norway hDepartment of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland iKuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland
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Purpose—To investigate the relationships of objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) to arterial stiffness in pre-pubertal children. Method—Altogether 136 children (57 boys, 79 girls) aged 6–8-years participated in the study. Stiffness index (SI) was assessed by pulse contour analysis based on photoplethysmography. ST, light PA, moderate PA, and vigorous PA were assessed using combined acceleration and heart rate monitoring. We investigated the associations of ST (
