Objectively measured physical activity in Finnish employees: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To objectively measure the amount of intensity-specific physical activity by gender and age with respect to body mass index (BMI) during workdays and days off among Finnish employees.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Primary care occupational healthcare units.

Participants

A sample of 9554 Finnish employees (4221 men and 5333 women; age range 18-65 years; BMI range 18.5-40 kg/m(2)) who participated in health assessments related to occupational health promotion.

Main outcome measurements

The amount of moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) and vigorous (VPA) physical activity (≥3 and ≥6 metabolic equivalents, respectively) was assessed by estimating the minute-to-minute oxygen consumption from the recorded beat-to-beat R-R interval data. The estima

SUBMITTER: Mutikainen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4265094 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature