Multi-wave cohort study of sedentary work and risk of ischemic heart disease
Møller, Simone V. ; Hannerz, Harald ; Hansen, Åse Marie ; Burr, Hermann ; Holtermann, Andreas
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
2016
42
1
43-51
cohort study ; heart diseases ; ischaemia ; occupational risks ; sitting posture
Occupational risks
http://dx.doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3540
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"This is a study with high validity, several exposure measures and high statistical power that rejects the hypotheses that occupational sitting time is a distinct risk factor for ischemic heart disease when the effect of occupational sitting is disentangled from that of occupational physical activity, which is a weakness of the majority of prior studies within this field."
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