TY - JOUR
T1 - Stepping volume and intensity patterns in a multi-ethnic urban Asian population
AU - Sumner, Jennifer
AU - Uijtdewilligen, Léonie
AU - Chu, Anne Hy
AU - Ng, Sheryl Hx
AU - Barreira, Tiago V.
AU - Sloan, Robert Alan
AU - Van Dam, Rob M.
AU - Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by a grant from the National University of Singapore and SWISS RE. SWISS RE were not involved in the collection of data, analysis, interpretation of the findings or right to publish.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/4/23
Y1 - 2018/4/23
N2 - Background: Accelerometer measured physical activity (PA) studies particularly in non-western populations are lacking. Therefore, this study investigated stepping activity in a multi-ethnic urban Asian population. Methods: Adult participants from the Singapore Health Study 2 consented to accelerometer activity monitoring for 7-consecutive days. Mean daily step count, peak stepping intensity (i.e. cadence) over 1-min, 30-min and 60-min and time spent in each cadence band: 0 (non-movement), 1-19, 20-39, 40-59, 60-79, 80-99 and ≥ 100 steps/minute (moderate to vigorous PA) were calculated. Results: A total of 713 participants (42% male, mean age 47.8 years) were included. Overall, the mean daily step count was 7549. Mean daily step count was significantly lower in Indians (7083 adjusted p = 0.02) but not Malays 7140 (adjusted p = 0.052) compared to Chinese (7745 steps). The proportion of Malays, Indians, and Chinese achieving < 5000 daily steps was 26%, 23% and 14%, respectively (p < 0.01). Regardless of ethnicity, approximately half of the recorded time was spent undertaking 0-steps/minute (7.9 h). Conclusions: Greater promotion of brisk walking is required in light of the low step volume and pace observed in this multi-ethnic Asian population. Ethnic differences in stepping activity were also identified which indicates a need for targeted ethnic specific health promotion interventions.
AB - Background: Accelerometer measured physical activity (PA) studies particularly in non-western populations are lacking. Therefore, this study investigated stepping activity in a multi-ethnic urban Asian population. Methods: Adult participants from the Singapore Health Study 2 consented to accelerometer activity monitoring for 7-consecutive days. Mean daily step count, peak stepping intensity (i.e. cadence) over 1-min, 30-min and 60-min and time spent in each cadence band: 0 (non-movement), 1-19, 20-39, 40-59, 60-79, 80-99 and ≥ 100 steps/minute (moderate to vigorous PA) were calculated. Results: A total of 713 participants (42% male, mean age 47.8 years) were included. Overall, the mean daily step count was 7549. Mean daily step count was significantly lower in Indians (7083 adjusted p = 0.02) but not Malays 7140 (adjusted p = 0.052) compared to Chinese (7745 steps). The proportion of Malays, Indians, and Chinese achieving < 5000 daily steps was 26%, 23% and 14%, respectively (p < 0.01). Regardless of ethnicity, approximately half of the recorded time was spent undertaking 0-steps/minute (7.9 h). Conclusions: Greater promotion of brisk walking is required in light of the low step volume and pace observed in this multi-ethnic Asian population. Ethnic differences in stepping activity were also identified which indicates a need for targeted ethnic specific health promotion interventions.
KW - Adult
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Physical activity
KW - Steps
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U2 - 10.1186/s12889-018-5457-y
DO - 10.1186/s12889-018-5457-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29685111
AN - SCOPUS:85045953499
SN - 1471-2458
VL - 18
JO - BMC Public Health
JF - BMC Public Health
IS - 1
M1 - 539
ER -