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Objective measurements of daily physical activity patterns and sedentary behaviour in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study.


ABSTRACT: objectively measured population physical activity (PA) data from older persons is lacking. The aim of this study was to describe free-living PA patterns and sedentary behaviours in Icelandic older men and women using accelerometer.from April 2009 to June 2010, 579 AGESII-study participants aged 73-98 years wore an accelerometer (Actigraph GT3X) at the right hip for one complete week in the free-living settings.in all subjects, sedentary time was the largest component of the total wear time, 75%, followed by low-light PA, 21%. Moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA) was <1%. Men had slightly higher average total PA (counts × day(-1)) than women. The women spent more time in low-light PA but less time in sedentary PA and MVPA compared with men (P < 0.001). In persons <75 years of age, 60% of men and 34% of women had at least one bout ?10 min of MVPA, which decreased with age, with only 25% of men and 9% of women 85 years and older reaching this.sedentary time is high in this Icelandic cohort, which has high life-expectancy and is living north of 60° northern latitude.

SUBMITTER: Arnardottir NY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3575120 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Objective measurements of daily physical activity patterns and sedentary behaviour in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study.

Arnardottir Nanna Yr NY   Koster Annemarie A   Van Domelen Dane R DR   Brychta Robert J RJ   Caserotti Paolo P   Eiriksdottir Gudny G   Sverrisdottir Johanna Eyrun JE   Launer Lenore J LJ   Gudnason Vilmundur V   Johannsson Erlingur E   Harris Tamara B TB   Chen Kong Y KY   Sveinsson Thorarinn T  

Age and ageing 20121031 2


<h4>Background</h4>objectively measured population physical activity (PA) data from older persons is lacking. The aim of this study was to describe free-living PA patterns and sedentary behaviours in Icelandic older men and women using accelerometer.<h4>Methods</h4>from April 2009 to June 2010, 579 AGESII-study participants aged 73-98 years wore an accelerometer (Actigraph GT3X) at the right hip for one complete week in the free-living settings.<h4>Results</h4>in all subjects, sedentary time was  ...[more]

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