Detailed descriptions of physical activity patterns among individuals with diabetes and prediabetes: the Lolland-Falster Health Study
Authors' conclusion
Inactivity was highly prevalent among individuals with diabetes and prediabetes, and distinct daily activity patterns surfaced when comparing these groups with those having no diabetes. This highlights a need to optimize current diabetes treatment and prevention to accommodate the large differences in activity engagement.
Study context
- Population
- Participants of the Danish household-based, mixed rural-provincial Lolland-Falster Health Study, 2016–2020
- Participants
- 3,157 participants
- Exposure
- Diabetes and prediabetes vs no diabetes
- Diabetesn = 181
- Prediabetesn = 568
- Outcome
- Physical activity: intensity (sedentary, light, moderate, vigorous, MVPA), adherence to recommendations, frequency and distribution of highly inactive days (<5 min MVPA/day), timing of activity; lower-back accelerometer
Methodological detailspopulation-based, accelerometer-measured physical activity
- Population-based
- Accelerometer-measured physical activity
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Non-adherence to WHO recommendations of weekly MVPA
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | Mean difference (min MVPA) (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| MVPA from 12:00 to 15:00Diabetesvs No diabetes | −6.3 (−10.2 to −2.4) | |
| −15−10−505Difference, min MVPA (linear scale) |
Highly inactive days (<5 min moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA)/day) in diabetes
- Around a third of participants with diabetes were highly inactive daily and had >2 consecutive days of inactivity during a 7-day period
MVPA from 12:00 to 15:00
- Mean time physically active at any intensity during a day was lower with diabetes vs no diabetes
Adjusted physical activity differences
- Significant differences persisted for diabetes vs no diabetes after adjustment; prediabetes vs no diabetes non-significant after adjusting for BMI
Original publication
Detailed descriptions of physical activity patterns among individuals with diabetes and prediabetes: the Lolland-Falster Health Study. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. Published 12 September 2023. doi:10.
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