ArticlePreventive medicine reports2021
Longitudinal bidirectional associations of physical activity and depressive symptoms: The CARDIA study.
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- Developing a novel index for neighborhood social determinants of cardiovascular diseases in the CARDIA study.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Developing a Novel Index for Individual-Level Social Determinants and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Objectively Measured Physical Activity Using Wrist-Worn Accelerometers as a Predictor of Incident Alzheimer's Disease in the UK Biobank.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Article
- The Associations of Physical Activity and Health-Risk Behaviors toward Depressive Symptoms among College Students: Gender and Obesity Disparities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Assessment of the bidirectional causal association between frailty and depression: A Mendelian randomization study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Article
- Association of Depressive Symptom Trajectory With Physical Activity Collected by mHealth Devices in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study: Cohort Study.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- Measures of MRI Brain Biomarkers in Middle Age According to Average Modified Mediterranean Diet Scores Throughout Young and Middle Adulthood.Nutrition and healthy aging · 2023Article
- Duration of Keeping an Exercise Habit and Mental Illness and Life Attitude among University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relationship Between Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Mental Health in Young Finnish Men.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Depression affects many aspects of health and may be attenuated through increases in physical activity. While bidirectional associations between physical activity (PA) and depressive symptoms have been examined, few studies have examined these associations using both self-reported and accelerometer-estimated measures. Using data from Years 20 (2005-06, age 38-50) and 30 of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (N = 2,871), the bidirectional associations between moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and depressive symptoms were examined using a cross-lagged panel model. Differences in the observed associations by physical activity assessment method were also examined. An inverse bidirectional association between self-reported MVPA and depressive symptoms was found. In subsequent analyses stratified by intensity category, higher levels of vigorous intensity physical activity at baseline, but not moderate intensity physical activity were associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms at the 10-year follow-up (ϕ = -0.04, p < 0.01; ϕ = -0.03, p = 0.15, respectively). A 10-year increase in self-reported MVPA was associated with a 10-year decrease in depressive symptoms. No associations were observed between accelerometer MVPA estimates and depressive symptoms. These findings may support the notion that each assessment method captures related, but also unique, aspects of physical activity behavior. When possible, future studies should explore measures of association by each physical activity assessment method to gain a better understanding of the complex relationship between physical activity and health.
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