The growing prevalence of physical inactivity in the population highlights the urgent need for
a more comprehensive understanding of how sedentary behaviour affects health, the …

Objectives The relationship of depressive symptoms and subclinical atherosclerosis remains
controversial. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of …

There is limited empirical evidence to support the protective effects of physical activity in the
prevention of hypertension among African Americans. The purpose of this study was to …

Background Previous cross‐sectional studies have shown conflicting results regarding the
effects of television viewing and occupational sitting on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk …

Background Decreased physical activity had been reported to be a common causal and
modifiable risk factor for major vascular events. However, the relationship of physical activity …

Introduction There are limited reports on the association of psychosocial factors with
unhealthy behaviors, which are key mediators in the psychosocial–cardiovascular disease …

Purpose Movement behaviors (ie physical activity [PA], sedentary behavior [SB], and sleep)
are intrinsically codependent, an issue resolved using compositional data analysis (CoDA) …

Objective Evidence suggests that greater social integration is related to lower mortality rates.
However, studies among African-Americans are limited. We examined whether higher social …

Cardiovascular health is a primary research focus, as it is a leading contributor to mortality
and morbidity worldwide, and is prohibitively costly for healthcare. Atherosclerosis, the main …

Objectives This study sought to evaluate the independent associations and interactions
between high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) and physical activity (PA) with risk of …