Young Adult Physical Activity Trajectories and Midlife Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physical activity (PA) is recommended for preventing and treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Yet, how long-term patterns of intensity-based physical activity, including moderate-intensity PA (MPA) and vigorous-intensity PA (VPA), might affect the prevalence of NAFLD in middle age remains unclear.

Objective

To identify distinct intensity-based PA trajectories from young to middle adulthood and examine the associations between PA trajectories and NAFLD prevalence in midlife.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort of 2833 participants used the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study data. The setting included field clinics in Birmingham, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Oakland, Calif

SUBMITTER: de Brito JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10589812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature