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Television Viewing Time and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults: The AusDiab Study

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Abstract

Background

Television viewing time independent of physical activity is associated with a number of chronic diseases and related risk factors; however, its relationship with chronic kidney disease is unknown.

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine the cross-sectional and prospective relationships of television viewing time with biomarkers of chronic kidney disease.

Methods

Participants of the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study attended the baseline (n = 10,847) and 5-year follow-up (n = 6,293) examination.

Results

Television viewing was significantly associated with increased odds of prevalent albuminuria and low estimated glomerular filtration rate. In the gender-stratified analyses this pattern was seen for men, but not for women. In the longitudinal analyses, odds of de novo albuminuria and low estimated glomerular filtration rate were increased only in unadjusted models.

Conclusions

Television viewing time may be directly related to markers of chronic kidney disease and through intertwined associated risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.

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Acknowledgements

Lynch is supported by a NHMRC public health training fellowship (#586727). Healy is supported by NHMRC (#569861)/National Heart Foundation of Australia (PH08B3905) postdoctoral fellowship. Owen is supported by a Queensland health core research infrastructure grant and by NHMRC Program Grant funding (#301200). Dunstan is supported by a Victorian Health Promotion Foundation public health research fellowship.

The AusDiab study, co-coordinated by the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, gratefully acknowledges the generous support given by NHMRC (#233200); the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing; Abbott Australasia; Alphapharm; AstraZeneca; Aventis Pharma; Bio-Rad Laboratories; Bristol-Myers Squibb; the city health centre; diabetes service, Canberra; Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory; Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania; Department of Health, New South Wales; Department of Health, Western Australia; Department of Health, South Australia; Department of Human Services, Victoria, Diabetes Australia; Diabetes Australia Northern Territory; Eli Lilly Australia; estate of the late Edward Wilson; GlaxoSmithKline; Highpoint Shopping Centre; Jack Brockhoff Foundation; Janssen–Cilag; Kidney Health Australia; Marian and EH Flack Trust; Menzies Research Institute; Merck Sharp and Dohme; Multiplex; Novartis Pharmaceuticals; Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals; Pfizer; Pratt Foundation; Queensland Health; Roche Diagnostics Australia; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney; and Sanofi-Synthelabo.

Also, for their invaluable contribution to the setup and field activities of AusDiab, we are enormously grateful to A Allman, B Atkins, S Bennett, A Bonney, S Chadban, M de Courten, M Dalton, T Dwyer, H Jahangir, D Jolley, M Lee, D McCarty, A Meehan, N Meinig, S Murray, K O’Dea, K Polkinghorne, P Phillips, C Reid, A Stewart, R Tapp, H Taylor, T Whalen, F Wilson, and P Zimmet.

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  1. The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia

    Brigid M. Lynch Ph.D., Neville Owen Ph.D., Genevieve N. Healy Ph.D. & David W. Dunstan Ph.D.

  2. Department of Population Health Research, Alberta Health Services–Cancer Care, Calgary, Canada

    Brigid M. Lynch Ph.D.

  3. The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, Australia

    Sarah L. White Ph.D.

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Sarah L. White Ph.D. & Steven J. Chadban FRACP, Ph.D.

  5. Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

    Genevieve N. Healy Ph.D., Robert C. Atkins FRACP, DSc & David W. Dunstan Ph.D.

  6. Department of Transplantation, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Steven J. Chadban FRACP, Ph.D.

  7. Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia

    Robert C. Atkins FRACP, DSc

  8. Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia

    David W. Dunstan Ph.D.

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Lynch, B.M., White, S.L., Owen, N. et al. Television Viewing Time and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults: The AusDiab Study. ann. behav. med. 40, 265–274 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-010-9209-1

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