Physical activity, sedentary time and cardiometabolic health indicators among Mexican childrenShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Clinical Obesity, ISSN 1758-8103, E-ISSN 1758-8111, Vol. 10, no 1, article id e12346Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We examined the independent associations of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST) with cardiometabolic indicators in Mexican children (4-6 years of age). We conducted a cross-sectional study (n = 400) using the measures of MVPA and ST (7-day accelerometry) and the following indicators: % body fat, waist circumference, body mass index (BMI) z-score, glycated haemoglobin, blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, leptin, adiponectin and resting blood pressure. We examined the independent associations of MVPA and ST with cardiometabolic indicators through confounder-adjusted and mutually adjusted (including both MVPA and ST) linear regression models. Confounder-adjusted models showed that MVPA was associated with higher BMI z-scores and lower adiponectin levels in girls and lower body fat among boys. ST was associated with higher body fat, in the full sample, and lower LDL cholesterol among boys. After mutually adjusting for MVPA and ST, MVPA (10-minute increase) remained significantly associated with BMI z-score in girls (beta = 0.187, 95% CI: 0.019, 0.356) and ST (60-minute increase) remained significantly associated with higher body fat (beta = 1.11%, 95% CI: 0.019, 2.203) among boys and higher glycated haemoglobin (beta = 0.047% points, 95% CI: 0.000, 0.094) in the full sample. In preschool-aged children, the objective measures of ST and MVPA were associated with small differences in cardiometabolic health indicators. ST was unfavourably associated with some cardiometabolic indicators even after adjusting for MVPA, and thus appeared to have a more significant role than MVPA, especially in boys. Future longitudinal studies should confirm these results.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley-Blackwell, 2020. Vol. 10, no 1, article id e12346
Keywords [en]
accelerometer, children, sedentary time
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Research subject
Public Health Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-76445DOI: 10.1111/cob.12346ISI: 000505961000001PubMedID: 31696670OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-76445DiVA, id: diva2:1388016
2020-01-232020-01-232020-08-07Bibliographically approved