title: Practice of leisure-time physical activities and episodes of mood alteration amongst men and women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity and episodes of mood alteration in a population-based sample of adults, and its relation with gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional population-based study with young adults aged between 18 and 35 years old. Sample selection was performed by clusters. The practice of physical activity was evaluated through the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), whereas mood disorders were evaluated using a short structured diagnostic interview-the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) for DSM-IV and ICD-10 psychiatric disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Causal inferences are limited due the study׳s design.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sample consisted of 1953 young adults. The prevalence of leisure-time physical activity and of depressive episodes in the total sample was 25.3% and 17.2%, respectively. The prevalence of activity amongst men was 1.18 (CI 95% 1.18-1.32) times higher than in the women׳s group, whereas depression was 1.87 (CI 95% 1.41-2.47) times more prevalent amongst women than men. The prevalence of physical activity was not different between women (p=0.287), nor between men (p=0.895) regarding the presence of mania/hypomania episode.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of physical activity and depression was different concerning gender. The prevalence of physical activity is lower amongst women, whereas the prevalence of depression is higher amongst women when compared to men.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento da Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Rua Félix da Cunha, 412, Centro, 96010-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jerônimo Costa
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento da Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Rua Félix da Cunha, 412, Centro, 96010-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento da Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Rua Félix da Cunha, 412, Centro, 96010-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jean Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Oses
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento da Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Rua Félix da Cunha, 412, Centro, 96010-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciano Dias
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: de Mattos Souza
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento da Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Rua Félix da Cunha, 412, Centro, 96010-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovanna Del Grande
authors.initials: Gdel G
authors.lastname: da Silva Alves
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), Av. Ipiranga, 6681 Pd 12 A, Partenon, 90670-100 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diogo Rizzato
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lara
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento da Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Rua Félix da Cunha, 412, Centro, 96010-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: ricardo@ucpel.tche.br.
authors.forename: Ricardo Azevedo
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009043:Motor Activity; D015995:Prevalence; D011998:Recreation / Q000523:psychology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Depression; Epidemiology; Mood disorder; Physical activity; Young adults