Daily Patterns of Physical Activity by Type 2 Diabetes Definition: Comparing Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Participants with Normal Glucose Levels in NHANES 2003-2006.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diabetes is associated with low levels of physical activity (PA), but detailed objective information about how PA patterns vary by diabetes definition is lacking.

Methods

PA was measured with Actigraph accelerometers in older (60+) adults from the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (n= 1,043) and analyzed in 2014. Diabetes definition (normal glucose levels, prediabetes, diabetes) was assessed (fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1C, and self-report). Accelerometer data were used to characterize total activity counts (TAC) per day and hour-by-hour activity counts by diabetes definition. Multiple linear regression models explored the relationship between diabetes definition and TAC.

Results

Despite similar patterns of PA, diabetes participants

SUBMITTER: Steeves JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4402932 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature