Smoking and Physical Activity Trajectories from Childhood to Midlife

Kasper Salin, Anna Kankaanpää, Mirja Hirvensalo, Irinja Lounassalo, Xiaolin Yang, Costan G. Magnussen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Suvi Rovio, Jorma Viikari, Olli T. Raitakari and Tuija H. Tammelin
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Kasper Salin: Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
Anna Kankaanpää: LIKES Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
Mirja Hirvensalo: Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
Irinja Lounassalo: Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
Xiaolin Yang: LIKES Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
Costan G. Magnussen: Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
Nina Hutri-Kähönen: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, 33100 Tampere, Finland
Suvi Rovio: Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
Jorma Viikari: Department of Medicine and Division of Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, 20500 Turku, Finland
Olli T. Raitakari: Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
Tuija H. Tammelin: LIKES Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Introduction: Despite substantial interest in the development of health behaviors, there is limited research that has examined the longitudinal relationship between physical activity (PA) and smoking trajectories from youth to adulthood in a Finnish population. This study aimed to identify trajectories of smoking and PA for males and females, and study the relationship between these trajectories from youth to adulthood. Methods: Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to identify trajectories of smoking and PA separately for males and females among 3355 Finnish adults (52.1% females). Participants’ smoking and PA were assessed five to eight times over a 31-year period (3–18 years old at the baseline, 34–49 years at last follow-up). Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to study the relationship between the trajectories of smoking and PA. Results: Five smoking trajectories and four to five PA trajectories were identified for males and females. Of the PA trajectory groups, the persistently active group were least likely to follow the trajectories of regular smoking and the inactive and low active groups were least likely to follow non-smoking trajectory group. Likewise, inactive (women only) and low active groups were less likely to belong to the non-smokers group. Conclusions: The study suggests that those who are persistently active or increasingly active have substantially reduced probabilities of being in the highest-risk smoking categories.

Keywords: physical activity; smoking; cohort study; longitudinal study; trajectory; adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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