Our findings support the necessity to maintain healthy behaviors like not smoking and regular physical activity since such changeable behaviors could reduce the AMS acceleration and increase life quality and expectancy.

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The aim of this study was to verify the association of aging male symptoms with physical activity in leisure and commuting time in men aged 40 years or older from Pelotas, a city in Southern Brazil. Methods: a population-based cross-sectional study was carried out including 421 men, living in the urban area. To verify the aging male symptoms, the Aging Males' Symptoms Scale (AMS) was used and to evaluate physical activity level, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), long version was used. Results: the prevalence of sedentarism in the leisure and commuting physical activity domains was of 82.9% (CI 95% 78.9-86.4). The psychological, somatic and general score of aging significantly differed between sedentary and active men (p<0.05; p=0.001; p=0.02 respectively). The severity of the general score was also more prevalent among sedentary subjects (p=0.01), with 90% of them presenting severe symptoms. Conclusion: psychological, somatic and general scores symptoms, as well as their severity were lower among those subjects who reached the current recommendations for physical activity during leisure and commuting time.

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