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Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns using accelerometry from a national sample of United States adults

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, February 2015
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Title
Physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns using accelerometry from a national sample of United States adults
Published in
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12966-015-0183-7
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Kelly R Evenson, Fang Wen, Jesse S Metzger, Amy H Herring

Abstract

This study described the patterns of accelerometer-determined physical activity and sedentary behavior among adults using a nationally representative sample from the United States. Using 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, 7931 adults at least 18 years old wore an ActiGraph accelerometer for one week, providing at least 3 days of wear for >=8 hours/day. Cutpoints defined moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA; >= 2020 and >=760 counts/minute), vigorous physical activity (> = 5999 counts/minute), and sedentary behavior (<100 counts/minute). Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to estimate patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior. All estimates were weighted to reflect the United States population. For weighted percent of MVPA out of total wearing time, 5 classes were identified from least to most active: 65.3% of population (weighted mean 9.3 minutes/day), 24.9% (32.1 minutes/day), 3.2% that was low on the weekdays but much higher on the weekends (52.0 minutes/day), 5.9% (59.9 minutes/day), and 0.7% in the highest class (113.6 minutes/day). Using the lower MVPA threshold, 6 classes emerged with each class ranging in population from 1.2% to 43.6%. A vigorous activity class could not be derived due to low prevalence. For weighted percent of sedentary behavior out of total wearing time, 5 classes were identified from most to least sedentary: 6.3% of population (weighted mean 660.2 minutes/day), 25.1% (546.8 minutes/day), 37.7% (453.9 minutes/day), 24.0% (354.8 minutes/day), and 7.0% (256.3 minutes/day). Four of the classes showed generally similar results across every day of the week, with the absolute percents differing across classes. In contrast, the least sedentary class showing a marked rise in percent of time spent in sedentary behavior on the weekend (weighted mean 336.7-346.5 minutes/day) compared to weekdays (weighted mean 255.2-292.4 minutes/day). The LCA models provided a data reduction process to identify patterns using minute-by-minute accelerometry data in order to explore meaningful contrasts. The models supported 5 or 6 distinct patterns for MVPA and sedentary behavior. These physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns can be used as intervention targets and as independent or dependent variables in future studies of correlates, determinants, or outcomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Czechia 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 168 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 39 22%
Researcher 34 19%
Student > Master 25 14%
Student > Bachelor 10 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 5%
Other 27 15%
Unknown 33 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 31 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 28 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 7%
Social Sciences 10 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 5%
Other 32 18%
Unknown 55 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 March 2022.
All research outputs
#3,688,221
of 23,452,723 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#1,144
of 1,970 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#58,796
of 388,763 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#33
of 54 outputs
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