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Accelerometer-measured physical activity in Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following adoption of a Western lifestyle, China is experiencing a decline in physical activity levels, which is projected to contribute to future increases in the burden of chronic diseases.

Purpose

This study aims to target public health interventions and identify personal characteristics associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior in urban Chinese adults.

Methods

In a sample of 576 men and women aged 40-74 years from Shanghai, multiple logistic regression was used to examine demographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle factors in relation to levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior assessed by Actigraph accelerometers.

Results

Participants spent 317 minutes/day in physical activity and 509 minutes/day sedentary. In multivariate models, people aged > or =60 years were significantly less likely than those aged <50 years to engage in physical activity (OR=0.29, 95% CI=0.17, 0.49) and more likely to spend time sedentary (OR=2.77, 95% CI=1.53, 5.05). Similarly, obese individuals were less likely to be physically active (OR=0.34, 95% CI=0.17, 0.66) and they were suggestively more likely to be sedentary (OR=1.87, 95% CI=0.94, 3.71) than normal-weight individuals. Furthermore, current cigarette smokers were less physically active than those who formerly or never smoked (OR=0.47, 95% CI=0.28, 0.78).

Conclusions

Physical activity promotion programs in urban China should target older people, obese individuals, and cigarette smokers, as these population subgroups exhibited low levels of physical activity.

SUBMITTER: Peters TM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2897243 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Accelerometer-measured physical activity in Chinese adults.

Peters Tricia M TM Moore Steven C SC Xiang Yong Bing YB Yang Gong G Shu Xiao Ou XO Ekelund Ulf U Ji Bu-Tian BT Tan Yu Ting YT Liu Da Ke DK Schatzkin Arthur A Zheng Wei W Chow Wong Ho WH Matthews Charles E CE Leitzmann Michael F MF

American journal of preventive medicine 20100601 6

<h4>Background</h4>Following adoption of a Western lifestyle, China is experiencing a decline in physical activity levels, which is projected to contribute to future increases in the burden of chronic diseases.<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aims to target public health interventions and identify personal characteristics associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior in urban Chinese adults.<h4>Methods</h4>In a sample of 576 men and women aged 40-74 years from Shanghai, multiple logistic re ...[more]

PMID: 20494234

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