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ArticleBMC public health2019

Association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with neck circumference in eight Latin American countries.

Gerson Luis de Moraes Ferrari, Irina Kovalskys, Mauro Fisberg, Georgina Gomez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés Sanabria, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Rossina Gabriella Pareja Torres, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Ioná Zalcman Zimberg and 5 more

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Article in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02226627 (Latin American Survey of Nutrition and Health / Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición y Salud), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT02226627 completednot on this map

Latin American Survey of Nutrition and Health / Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición y Salud

TypeobservationalSponsorMauro FisbergRan2014 to 2015Enrolled9,000ConditionsDietary Habits, Physical Activity, Overweight and Obesity
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Comparing national device-based physical activity surveillance systems: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024
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  4. Active Transportation and Obesity Indicators in Adults from Latin America: ELANS Multi-Country Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Gerson Luis de Moraes FerrariCentro de Investigación en Fisiologia del Ejercicio-CIFE, Universidad Mayor, José Toribio Medina, 29. Estacion Central, Santiago, Chile. gersonferrari08@yahoo.com.br.
Irina KovalskysCommitee of Nutrition and WellbeingInternational Life Science Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mauro FisbergInstituto Pensi, Fundação José Luiz Egydio Setubal, Hospital Infantil Sabará, São Paulo, Brazil.
Georgina GomezDepartamento de Bioquímica, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Attilio RigottiCentro de Nutrición Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas, Departamento de Nutrición, Diabetes y Metabolismo, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile.
Lilia Yadira Cortés SanabriaDepartamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Martha Cecilia Yépez GarcíaColégio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Rossina Gabriella Pareja TorresInstituto de Investigación Nutricional, La Molina, Lima, Peru.
Marianella Herrera-CuencaCentro de Estudios del Desarrollo, Universidad Central de Venezuela/Fundación Bengoa, Caracas, Venezuela.
Ioná Zalcman ZimbergDepartamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Viviana GuajardoCommitee of Nutrition and WellbeingInternational Life Science Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Michael PrattInstitute for Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Carlos PiresCentre for Mathematics of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CM-UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
Dirceu SoléDisciplina de Alergia, Imunologia Clínica e Reumatologia do Departamento de Pediatria, da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
ELANS Study Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical activity is a cornerstone in the prevention and treatment of obesity. There are relatively few studies that explore the effect of accelerometer-determined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on neck circumference (NC), most of them confined to single high-income countries. The present study investigated the association of accelerometer-determined MVPA with NC in adolescents and adults from eight Latin American countries, which are mostly upper-middle income countries.

methodsThe sample consisted of 2370 participants (47.8% male) from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health, a multicenter cross-sectional nutrition and health surveillance study of a nationally representative sample from eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). Times (min/day) in MVPA (defined as time accumulated at ≥1952 activity counts/min) was assessed by ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer over 7 days. NC for adolescent was categorized as abnormal if circumference was > 34.5 cm for boys and > 31.25 for girls, whereas for adults the cut-off points for abnormal were > 39 cm for men and > 35 cm women. Multilevel logistic models, including country and region as random effects and adjusted for sex, age, socioeconomic level, and educational level, were used to study the association between MVPA and NC.

resultsThe average time of MVPA was 34.88 min/day, ranging from 31.16 in Venezuela to 40.27 in Chile. Concerning NC, 37.0% of the sample was classified as having elevated NC. Chile was the country with the highest percentage of people with elevated NC (56.9%), and Colombia had the lowest percentage (24.8%). Overall, the MVPA (min/day) was associated with elevated NC (OR = 0.994, CI95% = 0.990-0.998). In Costa Rica and Peru, there were significant associations between MVPA and NC when analyzed by country.

conclusionsThe present study provided evidence of significant associations between MVPA and NC in adolescents and adults from Latin America, independent of sex, age, socioeconomic level, and educational level. This analysis of accelerometry data and NC represents the first examination of these associations in eight Latin America countries. Further research is required to understand the differences between countries in the observed associations.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.Gov NCT02226627 . Retrospectively registered on August 27, 2014.

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Body SizeExercisePopulation SurveillanceAccelerometryAdolescentAdultArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaCross-Sectional StudiesEcuadorFemaleHumansLatin AmericaAccelerometerAnthropometricBody compositionNeck circumferenceObesityPhysical activity

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PMID31234866
PMCPMC6591862

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