title: Television viewing duration and blood pressure among 18-74-year-old adults. The French nutrition and health survey (ENNS, 2006-2007).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe Blood Pressure (BP) according to the time spent viewing television and examine whether the associations between television viewing and systolic and diastolic BP differed depending on sex, age and BMI.
  
  
  METHODS
  The French health and nutrition survey (ENNS) was conducted in 2006-2007 on a multistage stratified random sample of 18-74-year-old adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systolic (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) were assessed using three measurements. Among subjects without BP-lowering drugs and lifestyle measures, adjusted means of SBP and DBP were estimated for each television viewing category (<3h and ≥3h).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 2050 ENNS participants, 81.2% declared neither drug medication nor lifestyle change to lower BP. In women without BP-lowering measure, viewing television 3h/day or more increased significantly SBP and DBP adjusted means (+2mmHg) compared to women who spent less than 3h/day in front of the television. These associations were stronger in obese or 35-54-year-old women. In men, no relationship between DBP and television-viewing has been observed. Though, SBP was positively associated with television-viewing in non-overweight, 18-29 or 55-74 year-old men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results show that the association between television viewing duration and BP must be evaluated differently between gender, age group and BMI category.
authors.affiliation: Unité de surveillance en épidémiologie nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Université Paris 13, Centre de Recherches en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France. Electronic address: benoit.salanave@univ-paris13.fr.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salanave
authors.affiliation: Unité de surveillance en épidémiologie nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Université Paris 13, Centre de Recherches en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vernay
authors.affiliation: Unité de surveillance en épidémiologie nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Université Paris 13, Centre de Recherches en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.affiliation: Unité de surveillance en épidémiologie nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Université Paris 13, Centre de Recherches en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malon
authors.affiliation: Unité de surveillance en épidémiologie nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Université Paris 13, Centre de Recherches en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oléko
authors.affiliation: Université Paris 13, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherches en Epidemiologie et Statistiques, Inserm (U1153), Inra (U1125), Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France; Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Avicenne, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hercberg
authors.affiliation: Unité de surveillance en épidémiologie nutritionnelle (USEN), Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Université Paris 13, Centre de Recherches en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Castetbon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012737:Sex Factors; D013690:Television; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adults; Blood pressure; Sedentary lifestyle; Television viewing