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Early-Life Predictors of Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity in Midadulthood: Findings From a Prospective British Birth Cohort.
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American Journal of Epidemiology . Dec2014, Vol. 180 Issue 11, p1098-1108. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Much adult physical inactivity research ignores early-life factors from which later influences may originate. In the 1958 British birth cohort (followed from 1958 to 2008), leisure-time inactivity, defined as activity frequency of less than once a week, was assessed at ages 33, 42, and 50 years (n = 12,776). Early-life factors (at ages 0–16 years) were categorized into 3 domains (i.e., physical, social, and behavioral). We assessed associations of adult inactivity 1) with factors within domains, 2) with the 3 domains combined, and 3) allowing for adult factors. At each age, approximately 32% of subjects were inactive. When domains were combined, factors associated with inactivity (e.g., at age 50 years) were prepubertal stature (5% lower odds per 1–standard deviation higher height), hand control/coordination problems (14% higher odds per 1-point increase on a 4-point scale), cognition (10% lower odds per 1–standard deviation greater ability), parental divorce (21% higher odds), institutional care (29% higher odds), parental social class at child's birth (9% higher odds per 1-point reduction on a 4-point scale), minimal parental education (13% higher odds), household amenities (2% higher odds per increase (representing poorer amenities) on a 19-point scale), inactivity (8% higher odds per 1-point reduction in activity on a 4-point scale), low sports aptitude (13% higher odds), and externalizing behaviors (i.e., conduct problems) (5% higher odds per 1–standard deviation higher score). Adjustment for adult covariates weakened associations slightly. Factors from early life were associated with adult leisure-time inactivity, allowing for early identification of groups vulnerable to inactivity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *AGE distribution
*ATHLETIC ability
*BEHAVIOR disorders in children
*INSTITUTIONAL care of children
*COGNITION
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*STATISTICAL correlation
*DIVORCE
*LEISURE
*LONGITUDINAL method
*MOTOR ability
*RESEARCH funding
*SOCIAL skills
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*HOME environment
*SECONDARY analysis
*PREDICTIVE validity
*REPEATED measures design
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*SEDENTARY lifestyles
*PHYSICAL activity
*STATISTICAL models
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio
*ADULTS
*HISTORY
*CHILDREN
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029262
- Volume :
- 180
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99750425
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwu254