A 15-year follow-up study of hip bone mineral density and associations with leisure time physical activity. The Tromso Study 2001-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim was to investigate the long-term association between leisure time physical activity and hip areal bone mineral density (aBMD), in addition to change in hip aBMD over time, in 32-86 years old women and men.

Methods

Data were retrieved from the 2001, 2007-2008, and 2015-2016 surveys of the Tromsø Study, a longitudinal population study in Norway. Leisure time physical activity was assessed by the four-level Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale which refers to physical exertion in the past twelve months. Hip aBMD was assessed by Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry. Linear Mixed Model analysis was used to examine long-term associations between physical activity and hip aBMD (n = 6324). In addition, the annual change in hip aBMD was analyzed in a subsample of 3199

SUBMITTER: Mikkila S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791505 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature