Accelerometer‐derived “weekend warrior” and regularly active physical activity and incident diabetes
Authors' conclusion
The WW pattern was associated with a similarly lower risk of diabetes as the RA pattern versus the physically inactive pattern.
Study context
- Population
- UK Biobank participants; Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) thresholds: guideline-based (≥150 min/week) and sample median (≥230.4 min/week)UK Biobank
- Participants
- 85,934 participants
- Exposure
- Weekend warrior and regularly active MVPA patterns vs inactive
- Weekend warrior (WW)n = 37,594
- Outcome
- Incident diabetes
Methodological detailsaccelerometer-derived MVPA, Cox proportional hazards regression
- Accelerometer-derived MVPA
- Cox proportional hazards regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Risk of diabetes (MVPA threshold ≥150 min/week)
Each group vs inactiveHazard ratio (95% CI)
WW
0.76(0.69–0.84)
RA
0.64(0.56–0.73)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Risk of diabetes, median MVPA threshold (≥230.4 min/week)
- Findings remained consistent using the median threshold
Original publication
Accelerometer‐derived “weekend warrior” and regularly active physical activity and incident diabetes. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 4 May 2025. doi:10.
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