Physical activity at 36 years: patterns and childhood predictors in a longitudinal study.

Kuh, Diana; Cooper, Colin

doi:10.1136/jech.46.2.114

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“…Previous studies have reported walking and gardening as the most common activities among older adults 24) . To maintain their exercise levels, people may have to choose specific types of exercise as their lifestyles change with aging 25) . We may consider that older people who engage in regular exercise in our study are those who are able to find suitable activities to match their life changes.…”

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“…The short interval may be one of the causes for the strong relationship between regular exercise at 40-59 years of age and that at age 60 and over. A number of studies have suggested that childhood is usually considered the best time for socialization into physical activity 8) , for encouraging physical activity in adults through the developing of habits 25) and for promoting exercise-related feelings of pleasure and joy 7) . Furthermore, sports activities may have an effect on motor and coordination skills that may be of value later in life 21) .…”

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Regular exercise history as a predictor of exercise in community-dwelling older Japanese people

Kozakai

Ando

Kim

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A physically active lifestyle is important across the entire life span. However, little is known about life-long participation in regular exercise among older people. The purpose of the present study was to describe regular exercise throughout a person's lifetime and evaluate the impact of exercise earlier in life on participation in exercise at age 60 and over. The participants were 984 community-dwelling older people aged 60 to 86 years. Each participant's life was divided into five age categories: 12-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-59, and 60 years and over. The association between exercise at an earlier age and that at 60 years and over was assessed using logistic regression analysis adjusted for potential confounders. Men had exercised throughout their lives more than women. Among women, participation in exercise during their 20s and 30s showed a sharp decline. The preference for exercise differed according to age and gender. Among men, the most common patterns of exercise throughout life were exercise during all the age categories, and starting exercise at age 60 and over; whereas in women the most common pattern was no exercise at all. The adjusted odds ratio of exercise at 40-59 years for exercise at age 60 and over was 5.85 (95% confidence interval: 3.82-8.96) among men and 6.89 (4.23-11.23) among women. Regular exercise in the younger age categories affected exercise at age 60 and over among men, but not among women. Regular exercise at 40-59 years was a strong predictor of exercise at 60 years and over in both men and women.

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Regular exercise history as a predictor of exercise in community-dwelling older Japanese people

Kozakai

Ando

Kim

et al. 2012

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“…Educational attainment makes its mark in adulthood in a number of ways, most evidently in occupational and socioeconomic status; and these in turn are strongly associated with health. Health related habits of smoking [74,75], nutrition [58], exercise [75,76], and alcohol consumption [58,75], all have a strong socio-economic bias; they are also each associated with education, which generally has the effect of reducing adverse health habit practices.…”

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“…Divorce rates have risen steeply in Britain since the early 1970s [103], fashions for exercise appear to have increased in some sections of the population [76], tastes in food have changed [105], and smoking and alcohol consumption habits have varied considerably over time [97,102,103].…”

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Health inequalities in the life course perspective

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1997

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“…Level of physical activity at age 50 years was derived from responses to a physical activity questionnaire based on that used in the Medical Research Council's National Survey of Health and Development. 17 Statistical analyses Separate analyses were carried out for men and women. Univariate logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between individual variables and being metabolically normal (no lipid, glucose or blood pressure abnormality) (MENO).…”

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Lifecourse predictors of normal metabolic parameters in overweight and obese adults

2006

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Objective: Not all overweight and obese individuals appear to be at equal risk of developing metabolic abnormalities. We sought to examine the effect of factors from different stages of life on risk of metabolic abnormalities at age 50 years in overweight and obese adults. Design and subjects: Longitudinal study of all persons born in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK in May and June 1947 and followed to age 50 years when a clinical examination took place and a detailed questionnaire on health and lifestyle was completed. Participants in this study (n ¼ 223) were those defined as being overweight or obese with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25 at age 50 years. Subjects were defined as 'metabolically normal' if they had normal lipids, glucose and blood pressure. Results: Lower BMI was the strongest predictor of remaining metabolically normal in both men and women. After adjusting for BMI, lower levels of cigarette smoking and higher levels of physical activity were independently associated with being metabolically normal in men. No other factors were independently associated with being metabolically normal in women. A stronger inverse relationship between BMI and metabolic status was found in men (Odds ratio (OR) per unit increase in BMI ¼ 0.65, 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) 0.52-0.81) than in women (OR ¼ 0.90, 95% CI 0.82-0.99). No association was seen for factors operating in fetal, infant and childhood life. Conclusions: Adult factors made a greater contribution to remaining metabolically normal than birth or childhood factors in this sample of overweight and obese adults. A lower adult BMI appeared to reduce the risk in men and women and lower cigarette smoking and higher level of physical activity also independently reduced the risk in men. Public health policy to reduce the burden of morbidity associated with obesity should continue to encourage weight loss, physical activity and smoking cessation.

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Physical activity at 36 years: patterns and childhood predictors in a longitudinal study.

Cited by 239 publications

References 16 publications

Regular exercise history as a predictor of exercise in community-dwelling older Japanese people

Regular exercise history as a predictor of exercise in community-dwelling older Japanese people

Health inequalities in the life course perspective

Lifecourse predictors of normal metabolic parameters in overweight and obese adults

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