Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25900
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Self-reported and device-measured physical activity in leisure time and at work and associations with cardiovascular events : a prospective study of the physical activity paradox
Authors: Kuster, Roman
von Rosen, Philip
Grooten, Wilhelmus J. A.
Dohrn, Ing-Mari
Hagströmer, Maria
et. al: No
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182212214
10.21256/zhaw-25900
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume(Issue): 18
Issue: 22
Page(s): 12214
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution: MDPI
ISSN: 1660-4601
1661-7827
Language: English
Subjects: Attitude; Behavior and change study; Cardiovascular disease; Cox proportional hazard ratio; Leisure time physical activity; Occupational physical activity; Prospective cohort study
Subject (DDC): 613: Personal health
Abstract: The beneficial health effects of physical activity, in particular moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), are well documented, but there is an ongoing scientific debate whether the domain matters, i.e., whether leisure time physical activity is beneficial and occupational physical activity is detrimental to health, referred to as the physical activity paradox. The present study, therefore, analyzed the association between self-reported and device-measured physical activity and cardiovascular events in both domains. A representative sample of 807 individuals was followed for 14.6 ± 1.1 years, in which 59 cardiovascular events occurred. For self-reported data, Cox proportional hazard models showed no effect of physical activity in leisure and at work, while for device-measured MVPA, beneficial associations with total time spent in MVPA and occupational time spent in MVPA were found, but not for leisure time spent in MVPA. When accounting for both domains in the same model, the associations disappeared. These results indicate that it matters how physical activity is measured and that MVPA is beneficial for cardiovascular health, but the domain in which MVPA occurs does not seem to matter.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25900
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement: School of Engineering
Organisational Unit: Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)
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Kuster, R., von Rosen, P., Grooten, W. J. A., Dohrn, I.-M., & Hagströmer, M. (2021). Self-reported and device-measured physical activity in leisure time and at work and associations with cardiovascular events : a prospective study of the physical activity paradox. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 12214. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212214
Kuster, R. et al. (2021) ‘Self-reported and device-measured physical activity in leisure time and at work and associations with cardiovascular events : a prospective study of the physical activity paradox’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), p. 12214. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212214.
R. Kuster, P. von Rosen, W. J. A. Grooten, I.-M. Dohrn, and M. Hagströmer, “Self-reported and device-measured physical activity in leisure time and at work and associations with cardiovascular events : a prospective study of the physical activity paradox,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 22, p. 12214, 2021, doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212214.
KUSTER, Roman, Philip VON ROSEN, Wilhelmus J. A. GROOTEN, Ing-Mari DOHRN und Maria HAGSTRÖMER, 2021. Self-reported and device-measured physical activity in leisure time and at work and associations with cardiovascular events : a prospective study of the physical activity paradox. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021. Bd. 18, Nr. 22, S. 12214. DOI 10.3390/ijerph182212214
Kuster, Roman, Philip von Rosen, Wilhelmus J. A. Grooten, Ing-Mari Dohrn, and Maria Hagströmer. 2021. “Self-Reported and Device-Measured Physical Activity in Leisure Time and at Work and Associations with Cardiovascular Events : A Prospective Study of the Physical Activity Paradox.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (22): 12214. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212214.
Kuster, Roman, et al. “Self-Reported and Device-Measured Physical Activity in Leisure Time and at Work and Associations with Cardiovascular Events : A Prospective Study of the Physical Activity Paradox.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 22, 2021, p. 12214, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212214.


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