Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong chinese population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF) has been validated and recommended as an efficient method to assess physical activity, but its validity has not been investigated in different population subgroups. We examined variations in IPAQ validity in the Hong Kong Chinese population by six factors: sex, age, job status, educational level, body mass index (BMI), and visceral fat level (VFL).

Methods

A total of 1,270 adults (aged 42.9 ± SD 14.4 years, 46.1% male) completed the Chinese version of IPAQ (IPAQ-C) and wore an accelerometer (ActiGraph) for four days afterwards. The IPAQ-C and the ActiGraph were compared in terms of estimated Metabolic Equivalent Task minutes per week (MET-min/wk), minutes spent in activity of moderate or vigorous intensit

SUBMITTER: Lee PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3157408 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature