The Influence of Different Physical Activity Behaviours on the Gut Microbiota of Older Irish Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A 24-hour day is made up of time spent in a range of physical activity (PA) behaviours, including sleep, sedentary time, standing, light-intensity PA (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), all of which may have the potential to alter an individual's health through various different pathways and mechanisms. This study aimed to explore the relationship between PA behaviours and the gut microbiome in older adults.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Settings and participants

Participants (n=100; age 69.0 [3.0] years; 44% female) from the Mitchelstown Cohort Rescreen (MCR) Study (2015-2017).

Methods

Participants provided measures of gut microbiome composition (profiled by sequencing 16S rRNA gene amplicons), and objective measures of PA behaviours (by a 7-d

SUBMITTER: Zhong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280670 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature