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ArticleScientific reports2019

Gender, age and socioeconomic variation in 24-hour physical activity by wrist-worn accelerometers: the FinHealth 2017 Survey.

Heini Wennman, Arto Pietilä, Harri Rissanen, Heli Valkeinen, Timo Partonen, Tomi Mäki-Opas, Katja Borodulin

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Heini WennmanPublic Health Evaluation and Projection Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. heini.wennman@thl.fi.
Arto PietiläPublic Health Evaluation and Projection Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Harri RissanenPublic Health Evaluation and Projection Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Heli ValkeinenAgeing, Disability and Functioning Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Timo PartonenMental Health Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1951-2455
Tomi Mäki-OpasDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Kuopio, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-719X
Katja BorodulinPublic Health Evaluation and Projection Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessing movement over 24 hours increases our understanding of the total physical activity level and its patterns. In the FinHealth 2017 Survey, a population-based health examination study, 940 participants between 25 and 93 years were instructed to wear an accelerometer (Actigraph GT9X Link) on their non-dominant wrist for 24 hours on 7 consecutive days. Physical activity information was extracted from 100-Hz triaxial 60-second epoch data as average vector magnitude counts per minute (VM cpm). Results were analyzed by gender, 10-year age-groups, employment status, and education. Hourly means were plotted and compared. Analyses included 915 participants (44% men) who wore the device at least 10 hours on 4 or more days, with mean wear time being 149.5 hours (standard deviation of 615.2 minutes).Women had higher average VM cpm than men (p < 0.001), with significant gender differences in all age-groups until 65 years and older. Total physical activity was lower with age, unemployment, and retirement, where the hourly patterns mirrored the findings. Our findings agree with previous large-scale wrist-accelerometry data, but extend current knowledge by providing data on gender and socioeconomic variation in physical activity across 24 hours in a population-based adult sample representing a broad age range.

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Socioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesAccelerometryAdultAgedEmploymentExerciseFemaleFinlandHumansMaleMiddle AgedWrist

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