1. Moderate-vigorous physical activity and health-related quality of life among Hispanic/Latino adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
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Vásquez, Priscilla M., Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A., Marquez, David X., Argos, Maria, Lamar, Melissa, Odoms-Young, Angela, Wu, Donghong, González, Hector M., Tarraf, Wassim, Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Vidot, Denise, Murillo, Rosenda, Perreira, Krista M., Castañeda, Sheila F., Mossavar-Rahmani, Yasmin, Cai, Jianwen, Gellman, Marc, and Daviglus, Martha L.
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PHYSICAL activity ,QUALITY of life ,ACCELEROMETERS ,REGRESSION analysis ,MENTAL health ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,HISPANIC Americans ,CROSS-sectional method ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,HEALTH status indicators ,COMMUNITY health services ,EXERCISE intensity ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
Background: Physical activity is a modifiable healthy behavior that has been shown to positively influence health-related quality of life. However, research examining the link between physical activity and health-related quality of life among Hispanic/Latino adults is limited and inconsistent. The purpose of this study is to assess whether accelerometer-measured moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is associated with self-reported (a) mental health-related quality of life, and (b) physical health-related quality of life among diverse Hispanic/Latino adults in the US. Methods: Cross-sectional data from 12,379 adults ages 18–74 years in 2008–2011, who participated in HCHS/SOL and had complete data were analyzed using complex survey design methods. Accelerometer data were categorized into no MVPA, low, moderate, and high MVPA. Health-related quality of life was assessed with the Short-Form 12 and we used the mental and physical component subscales where higher scores indicate better health-related quality of life. Multivariate linear regression models were used to derive adjusted means with 95% confidence intervals and linear trends. Results: We observed no significant linear trend between accelerometer-measured MVPA and mental health-related quality of life (p
trend = 0.73). There was a significant positive association between MVPA and physical health-related quality of life (ptrend < 0.001) where higher MVPA corresponded with higher scores in physical health-related quality of life. The adjusted means were 46.67 (44.85–48.48) for no MVPA, 49.33 (49.03–49.63) for low MVPA, 50.61 (50.09–51.13) for moderate MVPA, and 51.36 (50.86–51.86) for high MVPA. Conclusions: Among diverse Hispanic/Latino adults in the US, accelerometer-measured MVPA was associated with physical health-related quality of life, but not mental health-related quality of life. Future interventions should evaluate if increases in MVPA lead to improvements in health-related quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2019
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