The Dose-Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Guidelines recommend 150 minutes of weekly moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for all adults, although physical activity level correlation with cardiometabolic health is not well characterized for young adults. We determined the dose-response relationship of MVPA on measures of cardiometabolic health in young adults.

Methods

We examined young adults (aged 20-29 years; N = 5,395, 47.9% female) in the 2003-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Exposures were objective (accelerometer based) and self-reported weekly mean minutes of MVPA. Cardiometabolic outcome measures were body mass index (BMI), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. The dose-response relationships were asses

SUBMITTER: Frank HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218041 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature