Association of day length and weather conditions with physical activity levels in older community dwelling people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weather is a potentially important determinant of physical activity. Little work has been done examining the relationship between weather and physical activity, and potential modifiers of any relationship in older people. We therefore examined the relationship between weather and physical activity in a cohort of older community-dwelling people.

Methods

We analysed prospectively collected cross-sectional activity data from community-dwelling people aged 65 and over in the Physical Activity Cohort Scotland. We correlated seven day triaxial accelerometry data with daily weather data (temperature, day length, sunshine, snow, rain), and a series of potential effect modifiers were tested in mixed models: environmental variables (urban vs rural dwelling, percentage of gr

SUBMITTER: Witham MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907400 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature