TY - JOUR
T1 - Volume and intensity of stepping activity and cardiometabolic risk factors in a multi-ethnic asian population
AU - Sumner, Jennifer
AU - Uijtdewilligen, Léonie
AU - Yee, Anne Chu Hin
AU - Xian, Sheryl Ng Hui
AU - Barreira, Tiago V.
AU - Sloan, Robert Alan
AU - Van Dam, Rob M.
AU - Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - The health benefits of objectively measured physical activity volume versus intensity have rarely been studied, particularly in non-western populations. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between cardiometabolic risk factors and stepping activity including; volume (step count), intensity (cadence) or inactivity (zero-steps/minute/day), in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Participants clinical data was collected at baseline and their physical activity was monitored for seven days, using an accelerometer (Actigraph GT3X+) in 2016. Tertiles (low, moderate, high) of the mean daily step count, peak one-minute, 30-minute, 60-minute cadences and time/day spent at zero-steps/minute were calculated. Adjusted linear regressions explored the association between stepping activity tertiles and cardiometabolic risk factors. A total of 635 participants (41% male, 67% Chinese, mean age 48.4 years) were included in the analyses. The mean daily step count was 7605 (median daily step count 7310) and 7.8 hours of awake time per day were spent inactive (zero-steps/minute). A greater number of associations were found for step intensity than volume. Higher step intensity was associated with reduced body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, blood pressures and higher high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Future health promotion initiatives should consider the greater role of step intensity to reduce cardiometabolic risk.
AB - The health benefits of objectively measured physical activity volume versus intensity have rarely been studied, particularly in non-western populations. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between cardiometabolic risk factors and stepping activity including; volume (step count), intensity (cadence) or inactivity (zero-steps/minute/day), in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Participants clinical data was collected at baseline and their physical activity was monitored for seven days, using an accelerometer (Actigraph GT3X+) in 2016. Tertiles (low, moderate, high) of the mean daily step count, peak one-minute, 30-minute, 60-minute cadences and time/day spent at zero-steps/minute were calculated. Adjusted linear regressions explored the association between stepping activity tertiles and cardiometabolic risk factors. A total of 635 participants (41% male, 67% Chinese, mean age 48.4 years) were included in the analyses. The mean daily step count was 7605 (median daily step count 7310) and 7.8 hours of awake time per day were spent inactive (zero-steps/minute). A greater number of associations were found for step intensity than volume. Higher step intensity was associated with reduced body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, blood pressures and higher high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Future health promotion initiatives should consider the greater role of step intensity to reduce cardiometabolic risk.
KW - Cardiometabolic risk
KW - Peak cadence
KW - Physical activity
KW - Step counts
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17030863
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17030863
M3 - Article
C2 - 32019086
AN - SCOPUS:85079009165
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 3
M1 - 863
ER -