The associations of “weekend warrior” and regularly active physical activity with abdominal and general adiposity in US adults
Authors' conclusion
The WW pattern was associated with similarly lower abdominal and general adiposity to the RA pattern versus the inactive pattern.
Study context
- Population
- US adults aged 20–59 years, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2018
- Participants
- 9,629 adults
- Exposure
- Weekend warrior (WW) and regularly active (RA) vs inactive physical activity patterns
- WWn = 772
- RAn = 3,277
- Outcome
- Abdominal and general adiposity (DXA-measured indicators as z scores and anthropometric measures)
Methodological detailsNHANES 2011–2018, survey linear regression
- NHANES 2011–2018
- Survey linear regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adiposity indicators vs inactive
β
- WW · DXA-measured abdominal adiposity (z score)
- −0.24 (95% CI −0.38 to −0.10)
- RA · DXA-measured abdominal adiposity (z score)
- −0.18 (95% CI −0.29 to −0.07)
- WW · Waist circumference
- −1.94 (95% CI −3.16 to −0.73)
- RA · Waist circumference
- −1.31 (95% CI −2.32 to −0.29)
- WW · Whole-body fat mass (z score)
- −0.16 (95% CI −0.25 to −0.08)
- RA · Whole-body fat mass (z score)
- −0.11 (95% CI −0.18 to −0.04)
- WW · BMI
- −0.78 (95% CI −1.27 to −0.28)
- RA · BMI
- −0.47 (95% CI −0.89 to −0.04)
- Proportion reporting WW pattern
- 772 (8.2%)
- Proportion reporting RA pattern
- 3277 (36.9%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The associations of “weekend warrior” and regularly active physical activity with abdominal and general adiposity in US adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 20 February 2024. doi:10.
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