PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vasankari, Ville AU - Husu, Pauliina AU - Vähä-Ypyä, Henri AU - Suni, Jaana Helena AU - Tokola, Kari AU - Borodulin, Katja AU - Wennman, Heini AU - Halonen, Jari AU - Hartikainen, Juha AU - Sievänen, Harri AU - Vasankari, Tommi TI - Subjects with cardiovascular disease or high disease risk are more sedentary and less active than their healthy peers AID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000363 DP - 2018 Apr 01 TA - BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine PG - e000363 VI - 4 IP - 1 4099 - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000363.short 4100 - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000363.full SO - BMJ OPEN SP EX MED2018 Apr 01; 4 AB - Objectives We investigated differences in objectively measured sedentary behaviour (SB) and physical activity (PA) levels in subjects with cardiovascular disease (CVD) diagnosis or high CVD risk compared with healthy controls.Methods The present study includes a subsample (n=1398, Health 2011 Study) of participants, who attended health examinations and wore a triaxial accelerometer (≥4 days). Patients with CVD were identified and CVD risk was calculated for others using Framingham Risk Score (FRS). Participants were categorised into groups: FRS<10%; FRS=10%–30%; FRS>30%/CVD. Raw acceleration data were analysed with mean amplitude deviation (MAD) and angle for posture estimation (APE). MAD corresponding to intensity of PA was converted to metabolic equivalents (MET) and categorised to light (1.5–2.9 METs) and moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA≥3.0 METs). APE recognises SB and standing.Results Daily accumulated time of >30 s MVPA bouts was higher in FRS<10% group (46 min) than in FRS>30%/CVD group (29 min) (p<0.001). FRS>30%/CVD group were more sedentary, their mean daily number of >10 min SB bouts (13.2) was higher than in FRS <10% group (11.5) (p=0.002).Conclusion Number and accumulated times of SB and PA bouts differed between the CVD risk groups. Causative research is required to assess the importance of SB and PA in prevention and rehabilitation of CVDs.