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Twenty-Four-Hour Compositional Data Analysis in Healthcare: Clinical Potential and Future Directions

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  • Cain Craig Truman Clark

    (College of Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK)

  • Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins

    (Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health, Research Centre in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal)

Abstract

Compositional Data Analysis (CoDA) is a powerful statistical approach for analyzing 24 h time-use data, effectively addressing the interdependence of sleep, sedentary behavior, and physical activity. Unlike traditional methods that struggle with perfect multicollinearity, CoDA handles time use as proportions of a whole, providing biologically meaningful insights into how daily activity patterns relate to health. Applications in epidemiology have linked variations in time allocation between behaviors to key health outcomes, including adiposity, cardiometabolic health, cognitive function, fitness, quality of life, glycomics, clinical psychometrics, and mental well-being. Research consistently shows that reallocating time from sedentary behavior to sleep or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) improves health outcomes. Importantly, CoDA reveals that optimal activity patterns vary across populations, supporting the need for personalized, context-specific recommendations rather than one-size-fits-all guidelines. By overcoming challenges in implementation and interpretation, CoDA has the potential to transform healthcare analytics and deepen our understanding of lifestyle behaviors’ impact on health.

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  • Cain Craig Truman Clark & Clarice Maria de Lucena Martins, 2025. "Twenty-Four-Hour Compositional Data Analysis in Healthcare: Clinical Potential and Future Directions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 22(7), pages 1-10, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:22:y:2025:i:7:p:1002-:d:1687265
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