ArticleAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2021
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Alcohol Consumers.
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- Exercise as treatment for alcohol use disorder: A qualitative study.Drug and alcohol review · 2022Trial
- From withdrawal to motivation: The feasibility, acceptability and early clinical benefits of adapted physical activity during inpatient alcohol withdrawal.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Health behaviours and health-related quality of life among women and men with hazardous alcohol use: the Tromsø study (2015-2016).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Glymphatic system dysfunction in alcohol use disorder: Current understanding and future directions.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Physical activity in older adults as a predictor of alcohol consumption - a longitudinal analysis of 3133 individuals in the SHARE study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
- Co-occurrence of habit-forming risk behaviors and their socio-demographic, health status and lifestyle determinants: a population-based cross-sectional study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Parental physical activity, parental mental health, children's physical activity, and children's mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of physical activity and sedentary behavior levels among patients entering treatment for substance use disorder in the United States: a descriptive study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Affective imagery boosts the reward related delta power in hazardous drinkers.Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging · 2023Article
- The association between psychological distress and alcohol consumption and physical activity: a population-based cohort study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations in Patients with Alcohol and/or Cocaine Use Disorders and Their Association with Psychiatric Comorbidity and Sex.Biomedicines · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo describe physical activity habits, sedentary behavior, and cardiorespiratory fitness levels among alcohol abstainers, hazardous and non-hazardous drinkers.
designCross-sectional study with data collected between 2017-19.
settingSweden. SUBJECTS: Adults aged 18-65 years (n = 47,559; 59.4% male). MEASURES: During a routine health assessment, participants answered validated single-item questions regarding: habitual physical activity, structured exercise, and the percentage of time spent sedentary during leisure-time (past 30 days), and completed a 6-minute cycle ergometer test (V02max) to determine cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Participants were categorized as alcohol abstainers, non-hazardous drinkers or hazardous drinkers (low/high) based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) cut-points for men and women. ANALYSIS: Logistic regression models stratified by sex and age.
resultsCompared to non-hazardous drinkers, the heaviest drinkers were less physically active (males: OR = 1.38, CI = 1.13-1.67, p = .001; females: OR = 1.41, CI = 1.01-1.97, p = .040) and more sedentary during leisure time (males: OR = 1.94, CI = 1.62-2.32, p = .000; females: OR = 1.62, CI = 1.21-2.16, p = .001). Apart from young females, the heaviest drinkers also did less structured exercise than non-hazardous drinkers (males: OR = 1.22, CI = 1.15-1.51, p = .000; females: OR = 1.43, CI = 1.15-1.78, p = .001). The strongest associations were seen among adults aged 40-65 years (shown here). High-hazardous drinking was associated with low CRF among older males only (OR = 1.19, CI = 1.00-1.41).
conclusionMiddle-aged adults with AUDIT-C scores of ≥6 (women) and ≥7 (men) were less physically active and more sedentary during leisure time and may be appropriate targets for physical activity interventions.
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