Physical activity and cardiometabolic health in adolescents with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Youth living with type 2 diabetes display increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is unclear if regular physical activity (PA) modifies this risk.

Research design and methods

We compared CVD risk factors in a cross-sectional study of 164 youth with type 2 diabetes stratified according to weekly vigorous-intensity PA. Outcomes were hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), ambulatory blood pressure (BP; ambulatory 24-hour readings), plasma lipoproteins, and albuminuria. The main exposure, vigorous-intensity PA, was quantified with the Adolescent Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire.

Results

Youth were 15±3 years, and 78% lived rurally and 68% were female, with a mean body mass index (BMI) Z-score of 2.4±1.1 and a mean HbA1c of 9.6% ±2.6%. Youth who participated

SUBMITTER: Slaght JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127979 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature