Comparison between walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: associations with metabolic syndrome components in Korean older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to compare moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) with walking in terms of associations with metabolic syndrome components in Korean older adults.

Methods

Data on 1,388 older adults (age ≥65 years) from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2018 were analyzed in this study. MVPA time and walking time per week were used as physical activity variables and blood pressure, waist circumference, glucose, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels were analyzed as metabolic syndrome components. Partial correlations, analysis of covariance, and multinomial logistic regression were used for statistical analysis after adjusting for age, sex, smoking, and alcohol consumption.

Results

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SUBMITTER: An KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7871155 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature