Association Between a Physical Activity Vital Sign and Cardiometabolic Disease in High-Risk Patients

Objective: To determine the association between the physical activity vital sign (PAVS) and markers of cardiometabolic disease. Design: Patients were assessed through the PAVS, a validated tool self-reporting the frequency and duration of physical activity. Patients were categorized into 3 groups: inactive (0 minutes per week), underactive (1-149 minutes per week), and active (>150 minutes per week). Associations were tested between the PAVS and the cardiometabolic disease biomarkers of body mass index, hemoglobin A1c (A1c), blood pressure, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) using one-way analyses of variance. Setting: High-risk family medicine residency clinic. Participants: Two thousand three hundred twenty-one adult patients (age ≥ 18 years). Results: Participants reported a mean of 97.87 (SD = 149.35) minutes per week of exercise. Overall, 50.1% reported physical inactivity, 25.7% were underactive, and 24.3% were active. Younger individuals (P
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Original Research Source Type: research