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ArticlePreventive medicine2016

Prevalence and trends in physical activity among older adults in the United States: A comparison across three national surveys.

Sarah Kozey Keadle, Robin McKinnon, Barry I Graubard, Richard P Troiano

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Article in Preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 174 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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174citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
15.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

174 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 349 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effects of vibration training on quality of life in older adults: a preliminary systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  4. Physical activity in surgical lung cancer patients: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  10. The neighbourhood physical environment and active travel in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017
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  19. BAILA: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Latin Dancing to Increase Physical Activity in Spanish-Speaking Older Latinos.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2022
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114 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah Kozey KeadleNutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States; Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States. Electronic address: Sarah.keadle@nih.gov.
Robin McKinnonDivision of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States; Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MA, United States.
Barry I GraubardBiostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Richard P TroianoDivision of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and GeneticsCenter for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper examined how many older adults (65+years) are meeting physical activity (PA) Guidelines (PAG; 150min/week of moderate-to-vigorous PA) using data from three leading national surveys (NHANES, BRFSS and NHIS). The proportion of individuals meeting aerobic PAG was determined for the most recent cycle available for each survey (NHANES 2011-12, NHIS and BRFSS 2013). We also assessed whether PAG adherence has changed over time. Predicted margins from multinomial logistic regression were computed after adjusting for age, race/ethnicity and gender and sample weights. The proportion of older adults meeting PAG was 27.3% for NHANES, 35.8% for NHIS and 44.3% for BRFSS. Across all surveys, men reported higher levels of activity than women, Non-Hispanic whites reported higher levels than Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics, activity declined with age and was lower in those with functional limitations, all P<0.05. The proportion of older adults meeting PAG in the NHIS survey, the only survey where PA questions remained the same over time, increased from 25.7% in 1998 to 35.8% in 2013 (P<0.01). Point-estimates for activity levels are different between surveys but they consistently identify sub-groups who are less active. Although older adults are reporting more activity over time, adherence to aerobic and strength training PAG remains low in this population and there is a need for effective interventions to prevent age-related declines in PA and address health disparities among older adults.

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemHealth BehaviorHealth SurveysAgedAged, 80 and overEthnicityExerciseFemaleHumansMalePrevalenceRacial GroupsUnited States

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PMID27196146
PMCPMC4969157
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