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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WALKING PACE AND DIABETES: FINDINGS FROM THE CHILEAN NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY 2016-2017

dc.creatorXIMENA MERCEDES DÍAZ MARTÍNEZ
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T15:16:11Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T15:16:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: WALKING PACE IS A WELL-KNOWN INDICATOR OF PHYSICAL CAPABILITY, BUT IT IS ALSO A STRONG PREDICTOR OF TYPE 2 DIABETES (T2D). HOWEVER, THERE IS A LACK OF EVIDENCE ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN WALKING PACE AND T2D, SPECIFICALLY, WITHIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SUCH AS CHILE. AIM: TO INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SELF-REPORTED WALKING PACE AND T2D IN THE CHILEAN ADULT POPULATION. METHODS: 5520 CHILEAN PARTICIPANTS (AGED 15 TO 90 YEARS, 52.1% WOMEN) FROM THE CHILEAN NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY 2016-2017 WERE INCLUDED IN THIS CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. BOTH WALKING PACE (SLOW, AVERAGE, AND BRISK) AND DIABETES DATA WERE COLLECTED THROUGH SELF-REPORTED METHODS. FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE (REPORTED IN MG/DL) AND GLYCOSYLATED HAEMOGLOBIN A (HBA1C) SCORES WERE DETERMINED VIA BLOOD EXAMS. RESULTS: IN THE UNADJUSTED MODEL, AND COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO REPORTED A SLOW WALKING PACE, THOSE WITH AVERAGE AND BRISK WALKING PACE HAD LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS (? = -7.74 MG/DL (95% CI: -11.08 TO -4.40) AND ? = -11.05 MG/DL (95% CI: -14.36 TO -7.75), RESPECTIVELY) AND LOWER HBA1C (? = -0.34% (95% CI: -0.57 TO -0.11) AND ?= -0.72% (95% CI: -0.94 TO -0.49)), RESPECTIVELY. AFTER ADJUSTING FOR SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, BODY MASS INDEX AND LIFESTYLE FACTORS, THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GLYCAEMIA AND HBA1C REMAINED ONLY FOR BRISK WALKERS. BOTH THE AVERAGE AND BRISK WALKER CATEGORIES HAD LOWER ODDS OF T2D (OR: 0.59 (95% CI: 0.41 TO 0.84) AND (OR 0.48 (95% CI: 0.30 TO 0.79), RESPECTIVELY). CONCLUSION: BRISK WALKERS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER BLOOD GLUCOSE AND HBA1C LEVELS. MOREOVER, AVERAGE TO BRISK WALKING PACE ALSO SHOWED A LOWER RISK FOR T2D.
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dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph17155341
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/11213
dc.languagespa
dc.publisherINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.relation.uri10.3390/ijerph17155341
dc.rightsPUBLICADA
dc.titleASSOCIATION BETWEEN WALKING PACE AND DIABETES: FINDINGS FROM THE CHILEAN NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY 2016-2017
dc.title.alternativeASOCIACIÓN ENTRE EL RITMO DE CAMINAR Y LA DIABETES: HALLAZGOS DE LA ENCUESTA NACIONAL DE SALUD DE CHILE 2016-2017
dc.typeARTÍCULO
dspace.entity.typePublication
ubb.EstadoPUBLICADA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION
ubb.SedeCHILLÁN
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