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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2017

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Children With Congenital Heart Disease.

Christine Voss, Stephanie L Duncombe, Paige H Dean, Astrid M de Souza, Kevin C Harris

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christine VossDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Stephanie L DuncombeDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Paige H DeanDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Astrid M de SouzaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Kevin C HarrisDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada kharris2@cw.bc.ca.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren with congenital heart disease (CHD) are thought to have low levels of physical activity (PA), but few studies have used objective measures of PA in this population. METHODS AND

resultsWe recruited patients with mild, moderate, and severe CHD and cardiac transplant recipients, aged 8 to 19 years, from pediatric cardiology clinics throughout British Columbia and Yukon, Canada. Participants were fitted with an ActiGraph accelerometer to be worn over the right hip for 7 days. Daily means were estimated for a variety of accelerometry-derived metrics, including moderate-to-vigorous PA and percentage of sedentary time if they had at least 3 valid days of accelerometry data. Participants also completed a PA questionnaire. We included 90 participants (aged 13.6±2.7 years; 54% male), of which 26 had mild CHD, 26 had moderate CHD, 29 had severe CHD, and 9 were cardiac transplant recipients. Median daily moderate-to-vigorous PA was 43 min/day (interquartile range: 28.9-56.9 min/day), and 8% met PA guidelines of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA at least 6 days a week. There were no significant differences in any accelerometry-derived metric according to CHD severity. Boys were significantly more active and less sedentary than girls. Activity declined and sedentary behaviors increased with age in both sexes. Sports participation was common, including competitive out-of-school clubs (57%). PA restrictions from cardiologists were rare (15%).

conclusionsWe found normal age-sex patterns of PA in children with CHD. There were no differences in PA by CHD severity, suggesting that sociocultural factors are likely important determinants of PA in these children.

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ExerciseSedentary BehaviorAccelerometryAdolescentCanadaChildFemaleHeart Defects, CongenitalHeart TransplantationHumansMaleSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsYoung Adultaccelerometrycongenital heart diseasepediatricsphysical activityphysical exercise

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