SynthesisEndocrine2014
Association between leisure time physical activity and metabolic syndrome: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
Synthesis in Endocrine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
76 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Association between Sarcopenia and Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged and Older Non-Obese Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2018Pooled it
- Leisure-time physical activity and risk of type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.Endocrine · 2016Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its risk factors among rural adults in Nantong, China.Scientific reports · 2016Trial
- Recommended Levels of Physical Activity Are Associated with Reduced Risk of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mexican-Americans.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Associated with Components of Metabolic Syndrome among People in Rural China.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Physical activity and metabolic syndrome in relation to incident dementia in UK biobank.Nutrition & metabolism · 2026Article
- Associations of Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Physical Activity Levels with Metabolic Syndrome and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The relationship between emotional states and mental well-being in men: mediating effect of leisure-time physical activity.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Article
- Cumulative associations between health behaviours, mental well-being, and health over 30 years.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Association of physical activity and sedentary behavior with stages of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome among U.S. adults: NHANES 2007-2020.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2025Article
- Air pollution, greenspace, and metabolic syndrome in older Czech and Swiss populations.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- The interplay of physical activity and smoking with metabolic syndrome and its components in the STEPS survey.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between the oxidative balance score and mortality in patients with metabolic syndrome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Leisure-time physical activity, daily sitting time, and risk of mortality among CVD patients: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of weekend-focused exercise on obesity-related hormones and metabolic syndrome markers in male high school students.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Health-related quality of life in adults with metabolic syndrome: a multi-level analysis of family and individual level variation.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with rapid weight loss among former elite combat sports athletes in Serbia.BMC public health · 2024Article
16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
A great number of prospective studies have investigated the relationship between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk. However, the results have been inconsistent. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between LTPA and MetS risk. Literature databases were searched including PubMed and Embase up to June 2013. A total of 17 studies, including 64,353 participants and 11,271 incident cases, were included in the meta-analysis. A high level of LTPA was statistically associated with decreased risk of MetS [high vs. low: relative risk (RR) = 0.80, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.75-0.85], whereas a moderate level of LTPA was weakly associated with decreased risk of MetS (moderate vs. low: RR = 0.95, 95 % CI 0.91-1.00). Subgroup analyses indicated that the association between a moderate level of LTPA and decreased risk of MetS was only significant in men (moderate vs. low: RR = 0.88, 95 % CI 0.81-0.97) and in studies with more than a 10-year follow-up period (moderate vs. low: RR = 0.90, 95 % CI 0.84-0.97). A high level of LTPA was statistically associated with decreased risk of MetS in each subgroup. A higher level of LTPA is associated with a lower risk of MetS. These findings could have public health implications with regard to prevention of MetS through lifestyle interventions.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.