Sedentary Behavior in African Americans (SeBA)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiovascular Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00907465

1K01HL088723-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

PBRC 27013

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is designed to develop methods for objectively measuring sedentary behavior, assess the association between objectively measured sedentary behavior and cardiovascular disease outcomes, and develop an intervention to reduce sedentary behavior, in African American adults.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-classify yourself as African American
• are aged 18 years or older
• are free of serious medical condition, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, or emphysema.
• are free of serious medical conditions that would prevent participant from engaging in physical activity.
• are willing to have a scan completed that measures your body composition
• are willing to stay in metabolic chamber for 8.5 hours (8:00am until 4:30 pm)
• are willing to wear an accelerometer for 2, one-week periods following your chamber stay. There will be one week in-between the 2, one-week periods.
• are willing to complete questionnaire related to your level of activity
• weigh less than 250 lbs.

Exclusion criteria

• unwilling or unable to perform activities in protocol
• on medications
• a woman who is intending to become pregnant, or who is pregnant

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Calibration study

Description:

These individuals were used to develop cut points for sedentary behavior using accelerometers and a metabolic chamber.