Patterns of health behaviour associated with active travel: a compositional data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Active travel (walking or cycling for transport) is associated with favourable health outcomes in adults. However, little is known about the concurrent patterns of health behaviour associated with active travel. We used compositional data analysis to explore differences in how people doing some active travel used their time compared to those doing no active travel, incorporating physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep.

Methods

We analysed cross-sectional data from the 2014/15 United Kingdom Harmonised European Time Use Survey. Participants recorded two diary days of activity, and we randomly selected one day from participants aged 16 years or over. Activities were categorised into six mutually exclusive sets, accounting for the entire 24 h: (1) sleep; (2)

SUBMITTER: Foley L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5861598 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature