ArticleBMC public health2024
Is all physical activity equal? Investigating the total and domain-specific relationships between physical activity and cardiometabolic health in U.S. adults (NHANES 2013-2018).
Article in BMC public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Leisure-Time Physical Activity Trajectories across Adulthood and Cardiometabolic Risk at the Beginning of Late Adulthood: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2026Article
- The dominance of leisure-time physical activity research: implications for health inequalities.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Associations between health- and skill-related physical fitness indicators and cardiometabolic risk factors among Chinese adults: findings from a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between physical activity domains and cardiovascular diseases among US adults: evidence from NHANES 2007-2020.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dose-response relationship between physical activity and visceral fat mass: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2011-2018.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Domain-specific physical activity and risk of suicidal ideation in adults: a population-based study.BMC public health · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundMetabolic syndrome (MetS) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. Physical activity (PA) reduces the likelihood of MetS, but it is a complex behavior and is accumulated in multiple domains. PURPOSE: To cross-sectionally investigate the total and domain-specific relationships between PA and MetS in U.S. adults.
methodsData from 3,408 adults participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013-2018) were analyzed. Blood pressure (BP), waist circumference (WC), fasting blood glucose (GLU), triglycerides (TRIG), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) were measured. MetS and its risk factors were the primary and secondary outcomes, respectively. Weekly minutes of total PA and domain-specific PA (i.e., leisure-time (LTPA), transportation (TPA), occupational & household (OHPA)), were self-reported. For each exposure, participants were grouped into weekly PA: (1) 0 min, (2) 1-149 min, (3) 150-299 min, (4) 300-599 min, and (5) 600 + minutes. Logistic regression estimated the odds of having MetS, and its risk factors from PA.
resultsTotal PA was associated with lower odds of most MetS risk factors. Compared to no LTPA, and independent of TPA and OHPA, engaging in 150-299 and 300-599 min/week of LTPA was associated with 30% (OR = 0.70 [95%CI: 0.50, 0.98]) and 43% (OR = 0.57 [95%CI: 0.35, 0.92]) lower odds of MetS, respectively. LTPA was also associated with lower odds of having high WC, GLU, TRIG, and low HDL (ORs = 0.52-0.68). Compared to no TPA, and independent of LTPA and OHPA, engaging in 300-599 min/week of TPA was associated with 54% lower odds of MetS (OR = 0.46 [95%CI: 0.25, 0.84]) and 40% lower odds of having a high WC (OR = 0.40 [95%CI: 0.21, 0.76]). Engaging in OHPA was not associated with MetS but was associated with greater odds of having a high WC (OR = 1.44 [95%CI: 1.03, 2.01]), and GLU (ORs = 1.52-1.83), independent of LTPA and TPA.
conclusionTotal PA, seemingly driven by LTPA, was inversely associated with cardiometabolic health. TPA also showcases some protective associations, while OHPA appears to not confer cardiometabolic health benefits. Longitudinal data should confirm these associations using more robust PA measurement tools.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.