A Study of Sedentary Behaviour in the Older Finnish Twin Cohort: A Cross Sectional Analysis

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) on total sitting time among the Finnish twin cohort. Also, heritability and environmental factors were analysed. The final sample included 6713 twin individuals 53–67 years of age (46% men). Among them there w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Piirtola, Maarit, Kaprio, Jaakko, Ropponen, Annina
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009300/