A Faith-Integrated Physical Activity Intervention and Cardiometabolic Risk in African American Women.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the effects of a 10-month secular (SEC) versus faith-integrated (FI) community-based physical activity (PA) intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors in low active, African-American women.

Methods

Participants (age: 55.4±11.6 years; body mass index (BMI): 36.0±7.9 kg/m²; average baseline steps/day: 3,807±1,250) from a larger study (n=418) participated in a sub-study to measure cardiometabolic disease indicators (primary outcomes) and PA (secondary outcomes) pre- and post-intervention (SEC: n=42; FI: n=43). Height, weight, waist and hip circumferences, resting blood pressure, hemoglobin A1c, average steps/day, sedentary behavior, light-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) were acquire

SUBMITTER: Hornbuckle LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7802800 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature