Association of Leisure Time Physical Activity and Metabolic Syndrome over 40 Years.
BACKGROUND
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between leisure time physical activities (LTPA) and metabolic syndrome (MS).


METHODS
Five thousand seven hundred and thirty two adults 40 years old or older were enrolled in the study from April 2009 to December 2010. National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III was used for the criteria of MS, and Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to measure LTPA. After adjusted covariates (age, hypertension, smoking, drinking, education level, household income level, work time physical activities, and menopause for females), the relationship between LTPA and MS was analyzed using logistic regression analysis.


RESULTS
The prevalence of MS was 22.8% in men, and 14.1% in women. Average LTPA was 1,498 kcal/wk in men, and 1,308 kcal/wk in women. After adjustment for covariates, the odds ratios of middle and low LTPA compared with high LTPA were 1.06 (0.87-1.34), 1.54 (1.08-1.75), for women, this same association was not seen in men. The prevalence of MS was 22.8% in men and 14.1% in women, and their LTPA burned 1,498 and 1,308 kcal/wk, respectively. When the odds ratio of MS for the high LTPA group was set at 1.0, the odds ratio of MS was 1.06 (0.87-1.34) in the middle LTPA group and 1.54 (1.08-1.75) in the low LTPA group in women, which showed that the MS risk increased when the LTPA was lower. This same association was not seen in men.


CONCLUSIONS
LTPA was independently associated with metabolic syndrome, but only for women.
Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Mi-Young
MY
Park
Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Sung-Hi
SH
Kim
Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Yoon-Jeong
YJ
Cho
Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Rae-Ho
RH
Chung
Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Ki-Tae
KT
Lee
Health Behavior; Metabolic Syndrome; Physical Activity