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Table 2.

Brief overview of the complex SB associations with cardio metabolic outcomes

SB associations	Adults (18–73 years)		Older adults (≥60 years)
	Celis-Morales et al. (2012) (n = 317)		Gennuso et al. (2013) (n = 1914)	Lenz (2014) (n = 70)						Gao et al. (2007) (n = 455)	Gardiner et al. (2011c) (n = 1958)		Stamatakis et al. (2012) (n = 2765)
	Obj.	Subj.	Obj.	Subj.						Subj.	Subj.		Obj.	Subj.
Cardio metabolic risk factors	Acc.	Total SB	Acc.	TV	Reading	Eating	Computer	Transport	Total SB	TV	TV	Total SB	Acc.	TV	Non- TV leisure sitting	Total SB
Glucose/GI	+	+	+		+						+
Insulin	+	+
HOMA_IR/diabetes	+	+												+	+	+
HbA1C
TC/CR	+	+								+				+		+
HDL	+	+		+					+	+	+	+
LDL	+	+
TG	+	+		+								+
SBP	+	+		+						+		+
DBP	+	+								+		+
Weight			+						+
BMI/overweight/Obesity	+	+	+							+				+		+
WC/WHR/AO	+	+	+	+					+	+		+	+	+		+
Body fat	+	+		+		+
CRP			+

SB sedentary behaviour, Obj. objective method, Subj. subjective method, Acc. accelerometer, TV television viewing, GI glucose intolerance, HOMA _IR homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance, TC total cholesterol, CR cholesterol ratio, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, AO abdominal obesity, CRP C-reactive protein, HbA1C glycated haemoglobin, + significant association