Physical activity and weight gain after smoking cessation in postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Weight gain frequently occurs after smoking cessation. The objective of this study was to examine whether weight gain after smoking cessation was attenuated by physical activity (PA) in postmenopausal women.

Methods

A total of 4,717 baseline smokers from the Women's Health Initiative were followed for 3 years. One thousand two hundred eighty-two women quit smoking, and 3,435 continued smoking. Weight was measured at baseline and at the year 3 visit. PA was assessed at both times by self-report, summarized as metabolic equivalent task-hours per week. Multiple linear regression models were used to assess the association between PA and postcessation weight gain, adjusting for potential confounding factors.

Results

Compared with continuing smokers, quitters gain

SUBMITTER: Luo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309933 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature