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Correspondence: deborah.salvo@uth.tmc.edu, Phone: 512-391-2514

Author contributions: DS participated in the conception, design, data collection, analysis and drafting of the manuscript; CT was the co-coordinator during the data collection phase of the study and collaborated in the drafting and critical review of the manuscript;

UV conceived and wrote the code for the analysis of bouts using the accelerometry data and critically reviewed the manuscript

OLS contributed to the interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript; RSR contributed to the interpretation of the data and critical revision of the manuscript;

JAR participated in the design, data collection phase and critical review of the manuscript; MP participated in the conception of the study, the design, interpretation of the data and critical review of the manuscript.

All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

The authors thank Rosalba Aguilar, Verónica Ángel, Jesús Romero, Salvador Mendoza, Gabriel Álvarez, Sasha Salinas, Isabel Reyes and Isabel Rojas, who participated as field workers for this study, as well as Lilian Perez and Andrea Ramirez Varela, who provided valuable logistic support and expertise during the data collection phase of the study.

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Research Funding:

This study was supported by the CDC Foundation which received an unrestricted training grant from The Coca-Cola Company.

The publication fees of this manuscript were covered by the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living.

Keywords:

  • Physical activity
  • Accelerometry
  • Latin America
  • Correlates of activity
  • Bouts of activity
  • Epidemiology
  • Nutrition
  • Public health

Accelerometer-based physical activity levels among Mexican adults and their relation with sociodemographic characteristics and BMI: a cross-sectional study

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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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Volume 12, Number 1

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, Pages 1-11

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

Abstract:

Background The objectives of this study were to describe the accelerometer based total and bout-specific PA levels for a representative sample of adults from Cuernavaca, Mexico, and to examine the relationships with sociodemographic characteristics and BMI status. Methods Cross sectional study of adults from Cuernavaca, Mexico (2011, n = 677). Participants wore Actigraph GT3X accelerometers for seven days and sociodemographic data was collected through a survey. Weight and height were objectively measured. Total minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and of MVPA occurring within bouts of at least ten minutes were obtained. Intensity-specific (moderate and vigorous) total PA and bouted-PA was also obtained. The relation of each PA variable with sex, age, socioeconomic status, education, marital status and BMI status was assessed using unadjusted and adjusted linear models. Results The mean total MVPA among adults from Cuernavaca was 221.3 ± 10.0 (median = 178.3 min/week). Average MVPA within bouts was 65.8 ± 4.7 min/week (median = 30.0 min/week). 9.7 % of total MVPA occurred within bouts. Significant associations were found for total and bout-specific MVPA with being male (positive) and owning a motor vehicle (negative). Additional associations were found for intensity-specific PA outcomes. Mexican adults were more active during weekdays than weekends, suggesting that PA may be more strongly driven by necessity (transport) than by choice (leisure). Conclusions This is the first study to objectively measure PA for a representative sample of Mexican adults in an urban setting. The sociodemographic correlates vary from those known from high income countries, stressing the need for more correlate studies from lower-to-middle income countries.

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© 2015 Salvo et al.

This is an Open Access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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