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| Title |
Long-term physical activity is associated with reduced arterial stiffness in older adults: longitudinal results of the SAPALDIA cohort study
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| Published in |
Age & Ageing, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1093/ageing/afv172 |
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| Authors |
Simon Endes, Emmanuel Schaffner, Seraina Caviezel, Julia Dratva, Christine S. Autenrieth, Miriam Wanner, Brian Martin, Daiana Stolz, Marco Pons, Alexander Turk, Robert Bettschart, Christian Schindler, Nino Künzli, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss |
| Abstract |
longitudinal analyses of physical activity (PA) and arterial stiffness in populations of older adults are scarce. We examined associations between long-term change of PA and arterial stiffness in the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA). we assessed PA in SAPALDIA 2 (2001-03) and SAPALDIA 3 (2010-11) using a short questionnaire with a cut-off of at least 150 min of moderate-to-vigorous PA per week for sufficient activity. Arterial stiffness was measured oscillometrically by means of the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in SAPALDIA 3. We used multivariable mixed linear regression models adjusted for several potential confounders in 2,605 persons aged 50-81. adjusted means of baPWV were significantly lower in persons with sufficient moderate-to-vigorous PA (i) in SAPALDIA 2 but not in SAPALDIA 3 (P = 0.048) and (ii) in both surveys (P = 0.001) compared with persons with insufficient activity in both surveys. There was a significant interaction between sex and the level of change in PA concerning baPWV (P = 0.03). The triples of parameter estimates describing the association between level of PA change and baPWV were not significantly different between the two sex-specific models (P = 0.07). keeping up or adopting a physically active lifestyle was associated with lower arterial stiffness in older adults after a follow-up of almost a decade. Increasing the proportion of older adults adhering to PA recommendations incorporating also vigorous PA may have a considerable impact on vascular health at older age and may contribute to healthy ageing in general. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 11% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Denmark | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
| Chile | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 56% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 22% |
| Scientists | 3 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 19 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 15% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Engineering | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 23 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 October 2016.
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#2,975,022
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Outputs from Age & Ageing
#1,272
of 3,818 outputs
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#48,383
of 402,581 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Age & Ageing
#29
of 48 outputs
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