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ArticleEuropean journal of public health2025

Associations of step accelerations and cardiometabolic risk markers in early adulthood.

Ville Stenbäck, Inka Lehtonen, Juhani Leppäluoto, Dominique Gagnon, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Mikko Tulppo, Karl-Heinz Herzig

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Article in European journal of public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ville StenbäckResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Inka LehtonenResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Juhani LeppäluotoResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Dominique GagnonFaculty of Sports and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Marjo-Riitta JärvelinCenter for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Mikko TulppoResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Karl-Heinz HerzigResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4460-2604

Funding

Finnish Cultural FoundationOulun Yliopiston tukisäätiö and Suorsan Terveydenhoito Foundation NFBC1986 33-35yOulu University Hospital K65760University of Oulu
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) has a positive effect on risk factors related to cardiometabolic health yet amount of PA and time of onset is unclear. Therefore, we investigated the relationship of PA estimates and cardiometabolic risk factors in a large healthy population of an understudied age group of young adults using a standard gravity-based method on body adiposity and risk markers. In 856 (532 women, 324 men, 32-35 years) subjects we evaluated the association of PA and cardiometabolic risk factors in early adulthood. PA was measured using accelerometers for a period of two weeks. Step counts were divided into light (LPA), moderate (MPA), and vigorous (VPA) intensity classes. Income of the household was 63 446 ± 46 899€ and 57.5% had higher education. Total daily step numbers were 11962.5 ± 5163.2, LPA 5459.6 ± 2986.6, MPA 5932 ± 3404.6, and VPA 572.3 ± 668. Higher total PA volume was associated with lower weight, BMI, % body fat, smaller visceral fat area (VFA) and waist circumference, lower total cholesterol, LDL, and reflection coefficient of the pulse wave. LPA correlated with weight, BMI, waist circumference, total cholesterol, LDL, and central pulse pressure (cPP). Percent body fat (%BF), VFA, total cholesterol, LDL, reflection coefficient, heart minute index, and heart minute volume were significantly associated with MPA and VPA intensity PA volume. Lower PA in early adulthood correlates with increased cardiometabolic risk markers which should be translated into specific recommendations to thrive for a healthier lifestyle to delay and decrease their onset.

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Cardiometabolic Risk FactorsCardiovascular DiseasesExerciseAccelerometryAdiposityAdultBiomarkersFemaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsBiomarkers

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PMID39656794
PMCPMC11832146

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