Journal article
Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents
Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), Vol.70(6), pp.541-548
06/2016
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205763
PMCID: PMC4893139
PMID: 26802168
Abstract
Investigating socioeconomic variation in physical activity (PA) and sedentary time is important as it may represent a pathway by which socioeconomic position (SEP) leads to ill health. Findings on the association between children's SEP and objectively assessed PA and/or sedentary time are mixed, and few studies have included international samples. Examine the associations between maternal education and adolescent's objectively assessed PA and sedentary time. This is an observational study of 12 770 adolescents (10-18 years) pooled from 10 studies from Europe, Australia, Brazil and the USA. Original PA data were collected between 1997 and 2009. The associations between maternal education and accelerometer variables were examined using robust multivariable regression, adjusted for a priori confounders (ie, body mass index, monitor wear time, season, age and sex) and regression coefficients combined across studies using random effects meta-analyses. Analyses were conducted in March 2014. Adolescents of university educated mothers spent more time sedentary (9.5 min/day, p=0.005) and less time in light activity (10 min/day, p<0.001) compared with adolescents of high school educated mothers. Pooled analysis across two studies from Brazil and Portugal (analysed separately because of the different coding of maternal education) showed that children of higher educated mothers (tertiary vs primary/secondary) spent less time in moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) (6.6 min/day, p=0.001) and in light PA (39.2 min/day: p<0.001), and more time sedentary (45.9 min/day, p<0.001). Across a number of international samples, adolescents of mothers with lower education may not be at a disadvantage in terms of overall objectively measured PA.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Association between maternal education and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents
- Creators
- Lauren B Sherar - National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK NIHR Leicester - Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle, and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, Leicester, UKTom P Griffin - Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences/School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKUlf Ekelund - Norwegian School for Sport Science, Oslo, Norway MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKAshley R Cooper - Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences/School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKDale W Esliger - National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK NIHR Leicester - Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle, and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, Leicester, UKEsther M F van Sluijs - MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Centre of Diet and Activity Research, Unicersity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKLars Bo Andersen - Norwegian School for Sport Science, Oslo, Norway Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkGreet Cardon - Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumRachel Davey - Centre for Research & Action in Public Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, AustraliaKarsten Froberg - Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkPedro C Hallal - Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, BrazilKathleen F Janz - Department of Health and Human Physiology, Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAKatarzyna Kordas - School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKSusi Kriemler - Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandRussell R Pate - Department of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USAJardena J Puder - Service of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital, CHUV, Lausanne, SwitzerlandLuis B Sardinha - Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PortugalAnna F Timperio - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAngie S Page - Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences/School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979), Vol.70(6), pp.541-548
- DOI
- 10.1136/jech-2015-205763
- PMID
- 26802168
- PMCID
- PMC4893139
- NLM abbreviation
- J Epidemiol Community Health
- ISSN
- 1470-2738
- eISSN
- 1470-2738
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- G0501294 / Medical Research Council Chief Scientist Office MC_UU_12015/3 / Medical Research Council Cancer Research UK Wellcome Trust MC_UP_1001/2 / Medical Research Council 102215/2/13/2 / Wellcome Trust G0701877 / Medical Research Council British Heart Foundation MR/K023187/1 / Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/7 / Medical Research Council
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2016
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983917785702771
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