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| Title |
Association of physical activity with body mass index, waist circumference and incidence of obesity in older adults
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| Published in |
European Journal of Public Health, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1093/eurpub/cky030 |
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| Authors |
Gabriela Cárdenas Fuentes, Rowaedh Ahmed Bawaked, Miguel Ángel Martínez González, Dolores Corella, Isaac Subirana Cachinero, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Ramón Estruch, Lluis Serra-Majem, Emilio Ros, José Lapetra Peralta, Miguel Fiol, Javier Rekondo, Enrique Gómez-Gracia, Josep Antoni Tur Marí, Xavier Pinto Sala, Nancy Babio, Carolina Ortega, José Alfredo Martínez, Helmut Schröder |
| Abstract |
There is limited, and inconsistent, data on the prospective association between physical activity and surrogate markers of adiposity in older adults. We aim to determine the prospective association of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and the incidence of obesity. This prospective analysis included 7144 individuals with a mean age of 67 ± 6.2 years, from the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea (PREDIMED) study. BMI and WC were measured and LTPA was recorded using the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire. Exposure and outcome variables were calculated as cumulative average of repeated measurements. Total LTPA was inversely associated (P < 0.001) with BMI and WC. The difference in BMI and WC between extreme quintiles of LTPA (Q1-Q5) was 2.1 kg/m2 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.68; 2.49, P < 0.001) and 4.8 cm (CI 2.28; 7.25, P < 0.001), respectively. Low-intensity LTPA was inversely associated with BMI but not with WC, while moderate/vigorous LTPA showed an inverse relationship with BMI and WC. The hazard of general and abdominal obesity incidence decreased across quintiles of total and moderate/vigorous LTPA (P < 0.001 for both), whereas low-intensity LTPA was inversely associated with the incidence of general obesity (P < 0.001). LTPA was inversely associated with BMI, WC and incidence of general and abdominal obesity. The finding that low-intensity LTPA was inversely related to BMI and the incidence of obesity is of particular importance because this level of physical activity could be a feasible option for many older adults. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8 | 35% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 13 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 87% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 119 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 119 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
| Researcher | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 44 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 13% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 56 | 47% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. 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 15 March 2019.
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