TY - JOUR
T1 - Sedentary behaviour and chronic stress in old age : a cross-sectional analysis of TV viewing and hair cortisol concentrations
AU - Jackson, Sarah E.
AU - Firth, Joseph
AU - Grabovac, Igor
AU - Koyanagi, Ai
AU - Stubbs, Brendon
AU - Soysal, Pinar
AU - Willmott, Ash
AU - Yang, Lin
AU - Smith, Lee
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Purpose: Several studies have reported a positive association between sedentary behaviour and perceived stress, but none using a population-based sample has examined this relationship using an objective measure of stress exposure. The aim of this study was therefore to analyse the association between sedentary behaviour (operationalised as daily TV viewing time) and levels of cortisol in hair (an objective measure of chronic stress) using data from a large population-based sample of older adults. Method: Analyses used cross-sectional data from older adults (≥50 years) participating in Wave 6 (2012/13) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Hair cortisol concentrations were determined from the scalp‐nearest 2 cm hair segment. TV viewing time was self-reported and categorised as <2, 2 < 4, 4 < 6, or ≥6 h/day. Covariates included age, sex, ethnicity, education, wealth, limiting long-standing illness, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, body mass index, and depressive symptoms. Results: The sample comprised 3555 men and women, of whom 284 (8.0%) reported watching less than 2 h of TV per day, 1160 (32.6%) 2–4 h, 1079 (30.4%) 4–6 h, and 1032 (29.0%) ≥6 h. Mean hair cortisol concentrations for those spending <2, 2 < 4, 4 < 6, and ≥6 h per day watching TV were 0.862, 0.880, 0.889, and 0.934 log pg/mg, respectively. Differences between groups were not statistically significant in unadjusted (p = .088) or adjusted (p = .663) models. Conclusion: In a large sample of older adults in England, self-reported sedentary behaviour was not associated with a biomarker of chronic stress.
AB - Purpose: Several studies have reported a positive association between sedentary behaviour and perceived stress, but none using a population-based sample has examined this relationship using an objective measure of stress exposure. The aim of this study was therefore to analyse the association between sedentary behaviour (operationalised as daily TV viewing time) and levels of cortisol in hair (an objective measure of chronic stress) using data from a large population-based sample of older adults. Method: Analyses used cross-sectional data from older adults (≥50 years) participating in Wave 6 (2012/13) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Hair cortisol concentrations were determined from the scalp‐nearest 2 cm hair segment. TV viewing time was self-reported and categorised as <2, 2 < 4, 4 < 6, or ≥6 h/day. Covariates included age, sex, ethnicity, education, wealth, limiting long-standing illness, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, body mass index, and depressive symptoms. Results: The sample comprised 3555 men and women, of whom 284 (8.0%) reported watching less than 2 h of TV per day, 1160 (32.6%) 2–4 h, 1079 (30.4%) 4–6 h, and 1032 (29.0%) ≥6 h. Mean hair cortisol concentrations for those spending <2, 2 < 4, 4 < 6, and ≥6 h per day watching TV were 0.862, 0.880, 0.889, and 0.934 log pg/mg, respectively. Differences between groups were not statistically significant in unadjusted (p = .088) or adjusted (p = .663) models. Conclusion: In a large sample of older adults in England, self-reported sedentary behaviour was not associated with a biomarker of chronic stress.
KW - analysis
KW - hair
KW - hydrocortisone
KW - sedentary behavior
KW - stress in old age
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:52313
U2 - 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104375
DO - 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104375
M3 - Article
VL - 109
JO - Psychoneuroendocrinology
JF - Psychoneuroendocrinology
M1 - 104375
ER -
