dc.contributor.author | Gracia-Marco, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Rey-López, JP | |
dc.contributor.author | Santaliestra-Pasías, AM | |
dc.contributor.author | Jiménez-Pavón, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Díaz, LE | |
dc.contributor.author | Moreno, LA | |
dc.contributor.author | Vicente-Rodríguez, G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-04T15:59:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-11-13 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: We aimed to examine whether time spent on different sedentary behaviours is associated with bone mineral content (BMC) in adolescents, after controlling for relevant confounders such as lean mass and objectively measured physical activity (PA), and if so, whether extra-curricular participation in osteogenic sports could have a role in this association. METHODS: Participants were 359 Spanish adolescents (12.5-17.5 yr, 178 boys,) from the HELENA-CSS (2006-07). Relationships of sedentary behaviours with bone variables were analysed by linear regression. The prevalence of low BMC (at least 1SD below the mean) and time spent on sedentary behaviours according to extracurricular sport participation was analysed by Chi-square tests. RESULTS: In boys, the use of internet for non-study was negatively associated with whole body BMC after adjustment for lean mass and moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA). In girls, the time spent studying was negatively associated with femoral neck BMC. Additional adjustment for lean mass slightly reduced the negative association between time spent studying and femoral neck BMC. The additional adjustment for MVPA did not change the results at this site. The percentage of girls having low femoral neck BMC was significantly smaller in those participating in osteogenic sports (≥ 3 h/week) than in the rest, independently of the cut-off selected for the time spent studying. CONCLUSIONS: The use of internet for non-study (in boys) and the time spent studying (in girls) are negatively associated with whole body and femoral neck BMC, respectively. In addition, at least 3 h/week of extra-curricular osteogenic sports may help to counteract the negative association of time spent studying on bone health in girls. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The HELENA-CSS takes place with the financial support of the European Community Sixth RTD Framework Program (Contract FOOD-CT-2005-007034). This study was also supported by the following grants: Beca de la Fundación Cuenca Villoro (Spain) and JCI-2010-07055. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 12, Article no. 971 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-971 | |
dc.identifier.other | 1471-2458-12-971 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20487 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23148760 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-12-971 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © Gracia-Marco et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en_GB |
dc.subject | Adolescent Behavior | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bone Density | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cross-Sectional Studies | en_GB |
dc.subject | Female | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject | Linear Models | en_GB |
dc.subject | Male | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sedentary Lifestyle | en_GB |
dc.subject | Spain | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sports | en_GB |
dc.subject | Time Factors | en_GB |
dc.title | Sedentary behaviours and its association with bone mass in adolescents: the HELENA Cross-Sectional Study. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-04T15:59:31Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | Published online | en_GB |
dc.description | Journal Article | en_GB |
dc.description | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | BMC Public Health | en_GB |