Associations between physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with vascular health phenotypes in older adults : a cross-sectional study

Copyright © 2023 de Sousa, Silva, Freire, Souto, Câmara, Cabral, Macêdo, Costa and Oliveira..

Objective: We investigated the associations between physical activity (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with vascular health phenotypes in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 82 participants (66.8 ± 5.2 years; 81% females). Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was assessed using accelerometers, and CRF was measured using the distance covered in the 6-min walk test (6MWT). The vascular health markers were as follows: i) arterial function measured as aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) estimated using an automatic blood pressure device; and ii) arterial structure measured as the common carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT). Using a combination of normal cIMT and aPWV values, four groups of vascular health phenotypes were created: normal aPWV and cIMT, abnormal aPWV only, abnormal cIMT only, and abnormal aPWV and cIMT. Multiple linear regression was used to estimate the beta coefficients (β) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) adjusting for BMI, and medication for diabetes, lipid, and hypertension, sex, age, and blood pressure. Results: Participants with abnormal aPWV and normal cIMT (β = -53.76; 95% CI = -97.73--9.78 m; p = 0.017), and participants with both abnormal aPWV and cIMT (β = -71.89; 95% CI = -125.46--18.31 m; p = 0.009) covered less distance in the 6MWT, although adjusting for age, sex and blood pressure decreased the strength of the association with only groups of abnormal aPWV and cIMT covering a lower 6MWT distance compared to participants with both normal aPWV and cIMT (β = -55.68 95% CI = -111.95-0.59; p = 0.052). No associations were observed between MVPA and the vascular health phenotypes. Conslusion: In summary, poor CRF, but not MVPA, is associated with the unhealthiest vascular health phenotype (abnormal aPWV/cIMT) in older adults.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in physiology - 14(2023) vom: 26., Seite 1096139

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

de Sousa, Maria Karolina Ferreira [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Raíssa de Melo [VerfasserIn]
Freire, Yuri Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Souto, Gabriel Costa [VerfasserIn]
Câmara, Marcyo [VerfasserIn]
Cabral, Ludmila Lucena Pereira [VerfasserIn]
Macêdo, Geovani Araújo Dantas [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Eduardo Caldas [VerfasserIn]
Oliveira, Ricardo Santos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

6-min walk test
Accelerometry
Cardiovascular diseases
Intima-media thickness
Journal Article
Pulse wave velocity

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Date Revised 01.06.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fphys.2023.1096139

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357581989