Publicación: ACTIVE COMMUTING IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK OF OBESITY, DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME IN CHILEAN ADULTS
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2018
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JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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BACKGROUND: THERE IS LIMITED EVIDENCE ON HOW ACTIVE COMMUTING IS ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH BENEFITS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY THEREFORE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ACTIVE COMMUTING AND MARKERS OF ADIPOSITY AND CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK IN THE CHILEAN ADULT POPULATION.
METHODS: IN TOTAL, 5157 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE CHILEAN NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY 2009-10 WERE INCLUDED IN THIS CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. ACTIVE COMMUTING WAS MEASURED USING THE GLOBAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE (GPAQ V2). BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE (WC) WERE MEASURED AND USED TO DEFINE OBESITY AND CENTRAL OBESITY. TYPE 2 DIABETES (T2D) AND METABOLIC SYNDROME WERE DETERMINED USING WHO AND UPDATED ATPIII-NCEP CRITERIA, RESPECTIVELY.
