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- Title
Niveles de sedentarismo en población de 18 a 60 años. Manizales, Colombia.
- Authors
Vidarte-Claros, José A.; Vélez-Álvarez, Consuelo; Parra-Sánchez, José H.
- Abstract
Objective Determining levels of inactivity in the population aged 18 to 60 years old in the city of Manizales. Methods This was a cross-sectional study with phase correlation of 631 people aged 18 to 60 years in Manizales. People were selected by random sampling using the K systematic method. The variables analyzed were age, gender, weekly practice, BMI, hip circumference and initial heart rate. Results 631 people were studied (305 males and 326 females) having a mean age of 37.7±12.1 years. Physical inactivity (PI) prevalence was 72.7 % (69.2-76.1 95 %CI). Male sedentarism was 60.7 % (57-63 95 %CI) and 84 % in females (80.1-88 95 %CI); the variables explaining the level of sedentarism in the target population were age (p=0.03), gender (p=0.00), weekly physical activity (PA) frequency (p=0.00), hip circumference (p=0.042) and initial heart rate (p=0.00). PI level and BMI risk factors, such as alcohol and smoking, were not predicted. Conclusions 72.7 % of the population aged 18 to 60 years had a sedentary lifestyle. Age, gender, weekly PA/PI, hip circumference and initial heart rate significantly explained sedentarism level patterns; the correlation between observed values and those predicted by the model was 72.5 %.
- Subjects
MANIZALES (Colombia); COLOMBIA; SEDENTARY lifestyles; PHYSICAL activity measurement; PUBLIC health; SEDENTARY behavior; CROSS-sectional method; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Revista de Salud Pública, 2012, Vol 14, Issue 3, p415
- ISSN
0124-0064
- Publication type
Article