TY - JOUR
T1 - Leisure time physical activity and its relationship to coronary risk factors in a population-based sample
T2 - The minnesota heart survey
AU - Folsom, Aaron R.
AU - Caspersen, Carl J.
AU - Taylor, Henry L.
AU - Jacobs, David R.
AU - Luepker, Russell V.
AU - Gomez-marin, Orlando
AU - Gillum, Richard F.
AU - Blackburn, Henry
PY - 1985/4
Y1 - 1985/4
N2 - Energy expenditure in leisure time physical activity was measured using the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire in a probability sample of 25- to 74-year-old residents of the seven-county metropolitan area of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Geometric mean estimates of leisure time physical energy expenditure were 193 kcal per day for men and 111 kcal per day for women. Only 34% of men and 17% of women expended 2,000 kcal or more per week in leisure time physical activity. Energy expenditure, especially in heavy intensity activities, declined with age, more so for women than men. Significant associations were observed between leisure time physical activity, particularly heavy intensity activity, and other coronary heart disease risk factors. Greater heavy intensity activity was associated with higher education (r = 0.14 to 0.26), greater Type A behavior (r = 0.14 to 0.15), higher serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels (r = 0.09 to 0.10), lower serum thiocyanate (r = -0.10 to -0.14), lower body mass index (r = -0.10 to -0.11), lower heart rate (r = -0.07 to -0.10), and lower systolic blood pressure (r = -0.06 to -0.09). Thus, although energy expenditure was generally low in this population, greater leisure time physical activity for the most part was associated with lower coronary risk factors.
AB - Energy expenditure in leisure time physical activity was measured using the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire in a probability sample of 25- to 74-year-old residents of the seven-county metropolitan area of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Geometric mean estimates of leisure time physical energy expenditure were 193 kcal per day for men and 111 kcal per day for women. Only 34% of men and 17% of women expended 2,000 kcal or more per week in leisure time physical activity. Energy expenditure, especially in heavy intensity activities, declined with age, more so for women than men. Significant associations were observed between leisure time physical activity, particularly heavy intensity activity, and other coronary heart disease risk factors. Greater heavy intensity activity was associated with higher education (r = 0.14 to 0.26), greater Type A behavior (r = 0.14 to 0.15), higher serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels (r = 0.09 to 0.10), lower serum thiocyanate (r = -0.10 to -0.14), lower body mass index (r = -0.10 to -0.11), lower heart rate (r = -0.07 to -0.10), and lower systolic blood pressure (r = -0.06 to -0.09). Thus, although energy expenditure was generally low in this population, greater leisure time physical activity for the most part was associated with lower coronary risk factors.
KW - Coronary disease
KW - Exertion
KW - Health surveys
KW - Physical fitness
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114035
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114035
M3 - Article
C2 - 4014146
AN - SCOPUS:0021920326
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 121
SP - 570
EP - 579
JO - American journal of epidemiology
JF - American journal of epidemiology
IS - 4
ER -