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Sadarangani, Kabir P.

Von Oetinger, Astrid#Cristi-Montero, Carlos#Cortinez-O'Ryan, Andrea#Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas#Martinez-Gomez, David

Beneficial association between active travel and metabolic syndrome in Latin-America: A cross-sectional analysis from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

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Background: There is limited evidence on potential health benefits of active travel, independently of leisure-time physical activity (PA), with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Latin-America. Objective: To investigate the relationship between active travel and metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in a national representative sample of Chilean adults. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 2864 randomly selected adults' participants enrolled in the 2009-2010 Chilean National Health Survey (CNHS). Self-reported PA was obtained with the validated Global PA Questionnaire and classifying participants into insufficiently active (< 150 min/week) or active (>= 150 min/week). MetS was diagnosed from the modified Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III criteria with national-specific abdominal obesity cut points. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was applied to estimate associations of travel PA with MetS and its components at a regional level, adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics and other types of PA. Results: 46.2% of the sample engaged in 150 min/week of active travel and the prevalence of MetS was 33.7%. Mets was significantly lower among active travel participants. Active travel was associated with lower odds of MetS (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.61-0.86), triglycerides (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.64-0.92) and abdominal obesity (OR 0.82, 95% CI 0.69-0.97) after controlling for socio-demographics and other types of PA. Conclusion: Active travel was negatively associated with MetS, triglycerides and abdominal obesity. Efforts to increase regional active travel should be addressed as a measure to prevent and reduce the prevalence of MetS and disease burden in middle income countries.

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10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.005

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Active commuting# Physical activity# Metabolic syndrome# Metabolic risk# Latin-America# Chile

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.005

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health# Medicine, General & Internal

Desplazamientos activos# Actividad física# Síndrome metabólico# Riesgo metabólico# América Latina# Chile

Salud Pública y Ambiental

Medicina General e Interna

Ciencias del Deporte y Acondicionamiento Físico

Epidemiología

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Beneficial association between active travel and metabolic syndrome in Latin-America: A cross-sectional analysis from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010

Artículo original

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Salud Pública, Ambiental y Ocupacional# Medicina general e interna

0091-7435

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