Screen-based behaviors of children and cardiovascular risk factors Robinson, Sarah, Daly, Robin M., Ridgers, Nicola D. and Salmon, Jo 2015, Screen-based behaviors of children and cardiovascular risk factors, Journal of pediatrics, vol. 167, no. 6, pp. 1239-1245, doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.08.067. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Screen-based behaviors of children and cardiovascular risk factors Author(s) Robinson, Sarah Daly, Robin M. orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-1598 Ridgers, Nicola D. orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-3515 Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Journal name Journal of pediatrics Volume number 167 Issue number 6 Start page 1239 End page 1245 Total pages 7 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2015-12 ISSN 1097-6833 Summary OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the amount of time spent in screen-based behaviors (SBBs; television viewing, computer use, and playing electronic games) is independently associated with individual and clustered cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among elementary school children. STUDY DESIGN: Baseline data were used from 264 children (age 7-10 years) participating in the Transform-Us! cluster-randomized controlled trial. Time (h/d) spent in SBBs was obtained using a parent proxy-report questionnaire. Anthropometrics, blood pressure (BP), and lipids were measured using standard techniques. A clustered CVD risk score was calculated as the average of the standardized values of the subcomponents (waist circumference [WC], systolic BP, diastolic BP, and lipids). RESULTS: After adjusting for sex, parent education, physical activity (accelerometry), diet, and WC (when adiposity was not the outcome), television viewing time was positively associated with body mass index z-score (P = .002), WC (P = .02), and systolic BP (P = .05). Electronic games was positively associated with low density lipoprotein levels (P = .05), and total screen-time was positively associated with body mass index (P = .02). CONCLUSIONS: Differential associations were observed between types of SBBs and CVD risk factors, indicating that not all SBBs are adversely associated with obesity and CVD risk. There is a need to differentiate between types of SBBs when evaluating the CVD risk associated with screen behaviors in children. TRIAL REGISTRATION: International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial: ISRCTN83725066; Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12609000715279. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.08.067 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30079398 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 09 Nov 2015, 10:39:50 EST Tue, 10 Nov 2015, 04:02:02 EST Tue, 10 Nov 2015, 07:27:08 EST Tue, 10 Nov 2015, 07:30:33 EST Thu, 12 Nov 2015, 05:17:16 EST Fri, 27 Nov 2015, 14:01:58 EST Fri, 27 Nov 2015, 14:02:53 EST Fri, 04 Dec 2015, 12:54:08 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:48:12 EST Mon, 25 Jul 2016, 12:00:17 EST Mon, 25 Jul 2016, 14:14:26 EST Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 14:15:49 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 07:26:37 EST Sat, 22 Apr 2017, 02:33:30 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 17 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 706 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 09 Nov 2015, 10:39:50 EST