Association between Physical Activity Habits with Cardiometabolic Variables, Body Composition, and Physical Performance in Chilean Older Women

Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Camila González-Castillo, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Cristopher Muñoz-Vásquez, Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco and Pablo Valdés-Badilla ()
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Jordan Hernandez-Martinez: Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno 5290000, Chile
Camila González-Castillo: Department of Health, Universidad de los Lagos, Osorno 5290000, Chile
Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela: Department of Physical Activity, Sports and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 8370003, Chile
Cristopher Muñoz-Vásquez: Programa de Prevención y Rehabilitación Cardiovascular, CESFAM Dr. Juan Carlos Baeza Bustos, Departamento de Salud San Clemente, San Clemente 3520000, Chile
Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco: Postgraduate Program in Health Promotion, Cesumar University, Maringá 87050-390, PR, Brazil
Pablo Valdés-Badilla: Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3530000, Chile

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 17, 1-12

Abstract: This study aimed to associate physical activity habits with cardiometabolic variables (blood pressure, fasting glucose, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides), body composition (body fat percentage and fat-free mass), and physical performance (handgrip strength (HGS), timed up-and-go (TUG), and walking speed) in Chilean older women. An analytical cross-sectional study analyzed 179 older women with a mean age of 75.4 years distributed into physically inactive (PI) older women ( n = 74) and physically active (PA) older women ( n = 105). A logistic regression showed that PI older women presented an increased risk of hyperglycemia (OR = 4.70; p = 0.000), high blood pressure (OR = 3.83; p = 0.000), low HDL cholesterol levels (OR = 2.13; p = 0.03), hypertriglyceridemia (OR = 2.54; p = 0.01), excess body fat percentage (OR = 4.33; p = 0.000), low fat-free mass (OR = 2.22; p = 0.02), low HGS in their dominant hand (OR = 3.37; p = 0.001) and non-dominant hand (OR = 3.60; p = 0.0001), and poor performance in TUG (OR = 5.60; p = 0.000) and walking speed (OR = 5.52; p = 0.000). In conclusion, physical inactivity was associated with increased cardiometabolic risk, excess body fat percentage, lower fat-free mass, and poorer physical performance in Chilean older women. At the same time, PA older women showed a lower cardiometabolic risk, better body composition, and better physical performance than PI older women.

Keywords: exercise; obesity; physiology; anthropometry; physical fitness; older adults; aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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