Sex differences in the prevalence, outcomes and management of hypertension

PJ Connelly, G Currie, C Delles - Current hypertension reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To review recent data on sex differences in the prevalence,
outcomes and management of hypertension. Recent Findings Although hypertension is …

The importance of gender to understand sex differences in cardiovascular disease

PJ Connelly, Z Azizi, P Alipour, C Delles, L Pilote… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
There is robust evidence of heterogeneity in underlying mechanism, manifestation …

COVID-19 and screen-based sedentary behaviour: systematic review of digital screen time and metabolic syndrome in adolescents

S Musa, R Elyamani, I Dergaa - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Aim The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted governments around the globe to implement
various restriction policies, including lockdown, social distancing, and school closures …

Systematic review of the health benefits of physical activity and fitness in school-aged children and youth

I Janssen, AG LeBlanc - International journal of behavioral nutrition and …, 2010 - Springer
Background The purpose was to: 1) perform a systematic review of studies examining the
relation between physical activity, fitness, and health in school-aged children and youth, and …

Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

MS Tremblay, AG LeBlanc, ME Kho… - International journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Accumulating evidence suggests that, independent of physical activity levels, sedentary
behaviours are associated with increased risk of cardio-metabolic disease, all-cause …

Association of blood pressure in late adolescence with subsequent mortality: cohort study of Swedish male conscripts

J Sundström, M Neovius, P Tynelius, F Rasmussen - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Objective To investigate the nature and magnitude of relations of systolic and diastolic blood
pressures in late adolescence to mortality. Design Nationwide cohort study. Setting General …

A comprehensive view of sex-specific issues related to cardiovascular disease

L Pilote, K Dasgupta, V Guru, KH Humphries… - Cmaj, 2007 - Can Med Assoc
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women …

An evidence‐update on the prospective relationship between childhood sedentary behaviour and biomedical health indicators: a systematic review and meta …

E van Ekris, TM Altenburg, AS Singh, KI Proper… - Obesity …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence for adverse health effects of excessive sedentary behaviour in children is
predominantly based on cross‐sectional studies, measuring TV viewing as proxy for …

Vigorous physical activity and longitudinal associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in youth

V Carson, RL Rinaldi, B Torrance… - International journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Objective: To examine the longitudinal associations between different physical activity (PA)
intensities and cardiometabolic risk factors among a sample of Canadian youth. Methods …

Sedentary behaviors and the risk of incident hypertension: the SUN Cohort

JJ Beunza, MÁ Martínez-González… - American journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background: Scientific evidence from different sources suggests a positive association
between sedentary behaviors and the incidence of hypertension. However, no previous …