Association between timing and consistency of physical activity and type 2 diabetes: a cohort study on participants of the UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

We sought to quantify the relationship between morning, afternoon or evening physical activity and consistency (e.g. routine) and risk of type 2 diabetes.

Methods

A cohort of 93,095 UK Biobank participants (mean age 62 years) without a history of type 2 diabetes wore a wrist-worn accelerometer for 1 week. We converted accelerometer information to estimate metabolic equivalent of task (MET), summing MET h of total physical activity completed within three intra-day time segments (morning, afternoon and evening). We quantified physical activity consistency as the SD of participants' daily total physical activity. We ultimately associated each of the following with incident type 2 diabetes: (1) morning, afternoon or evening 'time-segmented' MET h per week; and (2

SUBMITTER: Tian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10628002 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature