Accelerometer-Measured Daily Step Counts and Adiposity Indicators among Latin American Adults: A Multi-Country Study

Gerson Ferrari, Adilson Marques, Tiago V. Barreira, Irina Kovalskys, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Rossina G. Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Viviana Guajardo, Ana Carolina B. Leme, Juan Guzmán Habinger, Pedro Valdivia-Moral, Mónica Suárez-Reyes, Andreas Ihle, Elvio R. Gouveia, Mauro Fisberg and on behalf of the ELANS Study Group
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Gerson Ferrari: Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 7500618, Chile
Adilson Marques: CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, 1499-002 Lisbon, Portugal
Tiago V. Barreira: Department of Exercise Science, School of Education, University of Syracuse, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Irina Kovalskys: Carrera de Nutrición, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires C1107AAZ, Argentina
Georgina Gómez: Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
Attilio Rigotti: Centro de Nutrición Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas, Departamento de Nutrición, Diabetes y Metabolismo, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago 8330024, Chile
Lilia Yadira Cortés: Departamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 110231, Colombia
Martha Cecilia Yépez García: Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito 17-1200-841, Ecuador
Rossina G. Pareja: Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima 15026, Peru
Marianella Herrera-Cuenca: Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo, Universidad Central de Venezuela (CENDES-UCV)/Fundación Bengoa, Caracas 1053, Venezuela
Viviana Guajardo: Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing Area, International Life Science Institute (ILSI) Argentina, Santa Fe Av. 1145, Caba C1059ABF, Argentina
Ana Carolina B. Leme: Centro de Excelencia em Nutrição e Dificuldades Alimentaes (CENDA), Instituto Pensi, Fundação José Luiz Egydio Setubal, Hospital Infantil Sabará, São Paulo 01228-200, Brazil
Juan Guzmán Habinger: Sports Medicine and Physical Activity Specialty, Science Faculty, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile
Pedro Valdivia-Moral: Faculty of Science Education, Campus de Cartuja, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Mónica Suárez-Reyes: Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 7500618, Chile
Andreas Ihle: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Elvio R. Gouveia: Departamento de Educação Física e Desporto, Universidade da Madeira, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal
Mauro Fisberg: Centro de Excelencia em Nutrição e Dificuldades Alimentaes (CENDA), Instituto Pensi, Fundação José Luiz Egydio Setubal, Hospital Infantil Sabará, São Paulo 01228-200, Brazil
on behalf of the ELANS Study Group: Membership of the ELANS Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments section of the manuscript.

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine the sex-related associations between accelerometer-measured daily step counts and adiposity indicators in adults from eight Latin American countries. We analyzed data from 2524 adults (aged 18–65 years) from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health. Device-measured daily step counts were measured by accelerometers (ActiGraph GT3X). The outcomes were body mass index (BMI; (kg/m2), waist and neck circumference (in cm). Overall, the mean of daily steps counts, BMI, waist and neck circumference were 10699.8, 27.3, 89.6, and 35.8. Weak and negative associations were observed between daily steps counts and BMI ( r = ?0.17; p < 0.05) and waist circumference ( r = ?0.16; p < 0.05); however, step counts was not associated with neck circumference. Daily steps counts were negatively associated with BMI (?: ?0.054; 95%CI: ?0.077; ?0.012) and waist circumference (?0.098; ?0.165; ?0.030) independently of age and socioeconomic level. In men, there were significant negative associations between daily steps counts with BMI (?0.075; ?0.119; ?0.031) and waist circumference (?0.140; ?0.233; ?0.048), and in women, there was no significant association with either of the body composition indicators. The findings from this study need to be examined in prospective settings that use device-measured from Latin America.

Keywords: physical activity; walking; accelerometer; moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; overweight; obesity; Latin America; epidemiologic study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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