Female reproductive factors are associated with objectively measured physical activity in middle-aged women

Eija K Laakkonen, Janne Kulmala, Pauliina Aukee, Harto Hakonen, Urho M Kujala, Dawn A Lowe, Vuokko Kovanen, Tuija Tammelin and Sarianna Sipilä

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: Physical activity improves health and may delay the onset of several chronic diseases. For women in particular, the rate of these diseases accelerates at middle age; therefore it is important to identify the determinants of health-enhancing physical activity during midlife in this population. In this study, we focused on determinants that are unique to the female sex, such as childbearing and menopause. The main objective was to characterize the level of physical activity and differences between active and inactive middle-aged Finnish women. In addition, we examined the association of physical activity with female reproductive factors at midlife. The study population consisted of 647 women aged 48 to 55 years who participated in our Estrogenic Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA) study during the period from 2015 to 2016. Physical activity was measured objectively using hip-worn accelerometers for seven consecutive days. The outcome measures included the amounts of light intensity physical activity and moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity accumulated in bouts of at least 10 minutes (MVPA10). MVPA10 was used to determine whether women were placed in the active (≥150 min/week) or inactive (

Date: 2017
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