Acute Sedentary Behaviour and Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies

Table 2

Summary of key evidence.

Risk factor	Number of studies	Number of participants (M/F)	Size of effect	Quality of evidence
Insulin sensitivity	11	161 (118/43)	Moderate-to-Large	Moderate quality
Triglycerides	4	81 (65/16)	Moderate-to-Large	Moderate quality
Glucose tolerance	6	119 (83/36)	Moderate-to-Large	Moderate quality
HDL-cholesterol	3	51 (35/16)	Moderate	Very low quality
Fasting insulin	14	207 (187/20)	Small-to-Moderate	Very low quality
Fasting glucose	17	191 (163/28)	Small-to-Moderate	Very low quality
LDL-cholesterol	2	28 (22/6)	Moderate	Very low quality