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SUBMITTER: Izzicupo P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246768 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Izzicupo Pascal P Di Blasio Andrea A Di Credico Andrea A Gaggi Giulia G Vamvakis Anastasios A Napolitano Giorgio G Ricci Fabrizio F Gallina Sabina S Ghinassi Barbara B Di Baldassarre Angela A
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200428 9
Menopause is associated with adverse changes in coagulation homeostasis. We aimed to investigate the association between objectively measured sedentary behavior (SB) and SB bouts (i.e., number and length of SB bouts) vs. fibrinogen levels in post-menopausal women. Fifty-three post-menopausal women (age 59.8 ± 6.2 years, BMI 27.3 ± 4.4) wore a multisensory device (Sensewear Mini Armband, BodyMedia, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA) for 5 days, to measure SB and physical activity (PA). Blood samples were coll ...[more]