title: Gender Differences in Trajectories of Physical Activity Among Older Americans With Diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The primary objective of this study was to examine gender differences in engagement in physical activity over time among older U.S. adults with diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we investigated physical activity between 2004 and 2010 among 1,857 adults aged 65 years and above with diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Less than half of adults were physically active at baseline. The probability of physical activity declined over the 6-year period, with no significant gender variation in the effect of time. Because the odds of physical activity were lower for women at baseline and the effect of time did not vary by gender, the trajectory of physical activity was less favorable for women than men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The women in this cohort of older Americans started and remained less active than their male counterparts. Investigations covering a larger portion of the life course and those examining the impact of life events and transitions on physical activity among adults with diabetes are needed.
authors.affiliation: Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA mclaugsj@miamioh.edu.
authors.forename: Sara J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Cathleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Connell
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Janevic
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: diabetes; gender; health behavior; longitudinal; physical activity; trajectories