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0000-0001-6937-4535
Current Organisation
University of Jyväskylä
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 17-10-2018
Abstract: Aim: The aim of this prospective four-year follow-up study was to examine how socioeconomic status (SES) and change in marital status are associated with the change in pedometer-measured physical activity (PA) in adulthood among participants in the ‘Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study’. Methods: Questionnaires were completed and pedometers worn at baseline in 2007 and again at follow-up in 2011 by 1051 Finnish adults (62.3% female, aged 30–45 years in 2007). A latent change score model was used to examine mean change in daily total steps, aerobic steps and non-aerobic steps during weekdays and weekend days between 2007 and 2011. Results: In women re-coupling or finding a new partner was associated with decrease in total steps ( p=0.010) and being single was associated with increase in non-aerobic steps ( p=0.047) during weekdays from 2007 to 2011 compared to women who were married. In men, orcing was associated with decrease in non-aerobic steps ( p=0.049). Conclusions: In order to promote PA in the general population of adults, it is recommended to pay attention to people with lower SES and those who have had changes in their marital status. These factors could be taken into account when developing strategies to promote PA among the adult population.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-03-2023
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.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-07-2020
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 05-09-2017
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Date: 02-2021
Abstract: Background : To examine if major life changes over a 4-year period among 34- to 49-year-old adults (mean = 41.8, SD = 5.0) were associated with a change in physical activity in men (37.7%) and women (62.3%). Methods : Daily steps and aerobic steps (steps that lasted for at least 10 min without interruption at a pace of steps/min) were collected from 1051 participants in 2007 and 2011. Changes in marital status, work status, and residence and the birth of a child were determined from both time points. A latent change score model was used to examine mean changes in daily total steps, aerobic steps, and nonaerobic steps (total steps minus aerobic steps). Results : Women who had a first child in the 4-year period had a decrease in their nonaerobic steps ( P = .001). Men who orced in the 4-year period had a decrease in their nonaerobic steps ( P = .020), whereas women who recoupled decreased their total steps ( P = .030). Conclusions : Counseling for parents having a first child on how to increase physical activity in their everyday life could potentially have an influence on an in idual’s physical activity.
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