Dual trajectories of physical activity and blood lipids in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) has the potential to attenuate cardiovascular disease risk in midlife women through multiple pathways, including improving lipid profiles. Longitudinal patterns of PA and blood lipid levels have not been studied in midlife women. Our study identified trajectories of PA and blood lipids across midlife and characterized the associations between these trajectories.

Methods

We evaluated 2,789 participants from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a longitudinal cohort study with follow-up over the menopause transition. Women reported PA using the Kaiser Physical Activity Survey at seven study visits across 17 years of follow-up. Serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and trig

SUBMITTER: Badon SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7966732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature