title: Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Differ According to Education Level in Young Adults.
abstract: This study examined the association of education level with objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in young adults. Data from the Finnish ESTER study (2009-2011) (n = 538) was used to examine the association between educational attainment and different subcomponents of physical activity and sedentary time measured using hip-worn accelerometers (ActiGraph GT1M) for seven consecutive days. Overall physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), light-intensity physical activity and sedentary time were calculated separately for weekdays and weekend days. A latent profile analysis was conducted to identify the different profiles of sedentary time and the subcomponents of physical activity. The educational differences in accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time varied according to the subcomponents of physical activity, and between weekdays and weekend days. A high education level was associated with high MVPA during weekdays and weekend days in both sexes, high sedentary time during weekdays in both sexes, and a low amount of light-intensity physical activity during weekdays in males and during weekdays and weekend days in females. The results indicate different challenges related to unhealthy behaviours in young adults with low and high education: low education is associated with a lack of MVPA, whereas high education is associated with a lack of light-intensity physical activity and high sedentary time especially during weekdays.
authors.affiliation: LIKES-Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland.|Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Health Protection Agency (HPE) Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Marko T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kantomaa
authors.affiliation: Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland.|Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Marjaana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tikanmäki
authors.affiliation: LIKES-Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kankaanpää
authors.affiliation: PEDEGO Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.|Department of Children and Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Marja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vääräsmäki
authors.affiliation: Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland.|Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sipola-Leppänen
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.|Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ekelund
authors.affiliation: LIKES-Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Harto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hakonen
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC Health Protection Agency (HPE) Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.|Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.|Department of Children and Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare Oulu, Oulu, Finland.|Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.|Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Marjo-Riitta
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Järvelin
authors.affiliation: PEDEGO Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.|Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Eero
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kajantie
authors.affiliation: LIKES-Research Center for Sport and Health Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Tuija H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tammelin
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry; D004522:Educational Status; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D055815:Young Adult