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Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults
Background: Sedentary behaviour and physical inactivity along with body mass are identified as critical determinants of vascular health along with body mass in young adults. However, the relationship between potential physical health and anthropometric variables with high blood Eid pressure remain u...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535231/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101258 |
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author | Bairapareddy, Kalyana Chakravarthy Kamcheh, Mariam Mhd Salem Itani, Ranim Jihad Mohamed, Mirna Abdellatif Zahran, Heba Ayman Eid Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna Tamim, May Anche, Parameshwar Chandrashekaran, Baskaran |
author_facet | Bairapareddy, Kalyana Chakravarthy Kamcheh, Mariam Mhd Salem Itani, Ranim Jihad Mohamed, Mirna Abdellatif Zahran, Heba Ayman Eid Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna Tamim, May Anche, Parameshwar Chandrashekaran, Baskaran |
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description | Background: Sedentary behaviour and physical inactivity along with body mass are identified as critical determinants of vascular health along with body mass in young adults. However, the relationship between potential physical health and anthropometric variables with high blood Eid pressure remain unexplored in young adults from the United Arab Emirates region. Methodology: We administered a cross-sectional study in young adults assessing their self-reported physical activity levels, anthropometric variables (body mass index and waist circumference) and ambulatory blood pressure. The associations among potential physical health, anthropometric variables and high blood pressure were analysed through logistic regression after necessary transformation. Results: Of 354 participants (176 males, 178 females), we found 17.79% (n = 63) had higher mean arterial pressure. Males (n = 40; 22.73%) had higher risk of hypertension than females (n = 12.92%). Weekly physical activity levels (β = −0.001; p = 0.002), age (β = −0.168; p = 0.005) and gender (β = −0.709; p = 0.028) were found to be more strongly associated with hypertension risk than the body mass index (β = 0.093; p = 0.075), waist circumference (β = 0.013; p = 0.588) and the weekly sitting time (β = 0.000; p = 0.319) of the individuals. Conclusions: Lower physical activity was associated with hypertension risk compared to other modifiable risk factors such as waist circumference, body mass index and sedentary time in college-going young adults. Public health measures should continue to emphasise optimisation of weekly physical activity levels to mitigate vascular health risks at educational institution levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-85352312021-10-23 Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults Bairapareddy, Kalyana Chakravarthy Kamcheh, Mariam Mhd Salem Itani, Ranim Jihad Mohamed, Mirna Abdellatif Zahran, Heba Ayman Eid Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna Tamim, May Anche, Parameshwar Chandrashekaran, Baskaran Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: Sedentary behaviour and physical inactivity along with body mass are identified as critical determinants of vascular health along with body mass in young adults. However, the relationship between potential physical health and anthropometric variables with high blood Eid pressure remain unexplored in young adults from the United Arab Emirates region. Methodology: We administered a cross-sectional study in young adults assessing their self-reported physical activity levels, anthropometric variables (body mass index and waist circumference) and ambulatory blood pressure. The associations among potential physical health, anthropometric variables and high blood pressure were analysed through logistic regression after necessary transformation. Results: Of 354 participants (176 males, 178 females), we found 17.79% (n = 63) had higher mean arterial pressure. Males (n = 40; 22.73%) had higher risk of hypertension than females (n = 12.92%). Weekly physical activity levels (β = −0.001; p = 0.002), age (β = −0.168; p = 0.005) and gender (β = −0.709; p = 0.028) were found to be more strongly associated with hypertension risk than the body mass index (β = 0.093; p = 0.075), waist circumference (β = 0.013; p = 0.588) and the weekly sitting time (β = 0.000; p = 0.319) of the individuals. Conclusions: Lower physical activity was associated with hypertension risk compared to other modifiable risk factors such as waist circumference, body mass index and sedentary time in college-going young adults. Public health measures should continue to emphasise optimisation of weekly physical activity levels to mitigate vascular health risks at educational institution levels. MDPI 2021-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8535231/ /pubmed/34682938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101258 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bairapareddy, Kalyana Chakravarthy Kamcheh, Mariam Mhd Salem Itani, Ranim Jihad Mohamed, Mirna Abdellatif Zahran, Heba Ayman Eid Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna Tamim, May Anche, Parameshwar Chandrashekaran, Baskaran Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults |
title | Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults |
title_full | Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults |
title_fullStr | Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults |
title_short | Low Physical Activity Levels Are Linked to Early Hypertension Risk in College-Going Young Adults |
title_sort | low physical activity levels are linked to early hypertension risk in college-going young adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535231/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101258 |
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