Association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with neck circumference in eight Latin American countries
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2019Author
de Moraes Ferrari, Gerson Luis [Univ Mayor, Estn Cent, CIFE]
Kovalskys, Irina; Fisberg, Mauro; Gómez, Georgina; Rigotti, Attilio; Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira; Yepez Garcia, Martha Cecilia; Pareja Torres, Rossina Gabriella; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Zimberg, Iona Zalcman; Guajardo, Viviana; Pratt, Michael; Pires, Carlos; Sole, Dirceu; Moreno, Luis A.; Lloyd, Beate; Lynch, Brenda; Jauregui, Mariela; Guidi, Alejandra; Costa, Luis; Fisberg, Regina Mara; Fisberg, Mauro; Kovalskys, Irina; Gómez Salas, Georgina; Rigotti, Attilio; Sanabria, Lilia Yadira Cortés; Salas, Georgina Gómez; Garcia, Martha Cecilia Yepez; Torres, Rossina Gabriella Pareja; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Koletzko, Berthold; Moreno, Luis A.; Pratt, Michael; Tucker, Katherine L.; Guajardo, Viviana; Zimberg, Iona Zalcman; Kovalskys, Irina; Guajardo, Viviana; Amigo, María Paz; Janezic, Ximena; Cardini, Fernando; Echeverry, Myriam; Langsman, Martin; Fisberg, Mauro; Zalcman Zimberg, Iona; Grande de Franca, Natasha Aparecida; Rigotti, Attilio; Echeverria, Guadalupe; Landaeta, Leslie; Castillo, Oscar; Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira; Nayibe Vargas, Luz; Fernanda Tobar, Luisa; Milena Castillo, Yuri; Gómez Salas, Georgina; Monge Rojas, Rafael; Chinnock, Anne; Yepez Garcia, Martha Cecilia; Herrera Fontana, María Elisa; Villar Caceres, Monica; Belen Ocampo, Maria; Pareja Torres, Rossina; Reyna Liria, Maria; Meza, Krysty; Abad, Mellisa; Penny, Mary; Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella; Landaeta, Maritza; Méndez, Betty; Vásquez, Maura; Rivas, Omaira; Meza, Carmen; Ruiz, Servando; Ramírez, Guillermo; Hernández, Pablo; Chiavegatto Filho, Alexandre D. P.; Goncalves, Priscila Bezerra; Alberico, Claudia; Ferrari, Gerson Luis De Moraes
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BackgroundPhysical activity is a cornerstone in the prevention and treatment of obesity. There are relatively few studies that explore the effect of accelerometer-determined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on neck circumference (NC), most of them confined to single high-income countries. The present study investigated the association of accelerometer-determined MVPA with NC in adolescents and adults from eight Latin American countries, which are mostly upper-middle income countries.MethodsThe sample consisted of 2370 participants (47.8% male) from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health, a multicenter cross-sectional nutrition and health surveillance study of a nationally representative sample from eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). Times (min/day) in MVPA (defined as time accumulated at 1952 activity counts/min) was assessed by ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer over 7days. NC for adolescent was categorized as abnormal if circumference was >34.5cm for boys and>31.25 for girls, whereas for adults the cut-off points for abnormal were>39cm for men and>35cm women. Multilevel logistic models, including country and region as random effects and adjusted for sex, age, socioeconomic level, and educational level, were used to study the association between MVPA and NC.ResultsThe average time of MVPA was 34.88min/day, ranging from 31.16 in Venezuela to 40.27 in Chile. Concerning NC, 37.0% of the sample was classified as having elevated NC. Chile was the country with the highest percentage of people with elevated NC (56.9%), and Colombia had the lowest percentage (24.8%). Overall, the MVPA (min/day) was associated with elevated NC (OR=0.994, CI95%=0.990-0.998). In Costa Rica and Peru, there were significant associations between MVPA and NC when analyzed by country.ConclusionsThe present study provided evidence of significant associations between MVPA and NC in adolescents and adults from Latin America, independent of sex, age, socioeconomic level, and educational level. This analysis of accelerometry data and NC represents the first examination of these associations in eight Latin America countries. Further research is required to understand the differences between countries in the observed associations.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.Gov NCT02226627. Retrospectively registered on August 27, 2014.
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