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Objectives This study examined the relationship between
physical activity (PA) and chronic diseases in European
older adults, using a prospective analysis with data from
2011 and 2013.
Methods Participants were 37,524 older adults (16,204
men) who responded to the fourth (in 2011) and fifth (in
2013) wave of SHARE project, from 13 European countries.
Participants’ answers to interview questions about the
presence of chronic conditions and PA. The cross-sectional
and prospective association between PA and the number of
chronic diseases was assessed using general linear models.
Results Among men and women, moderate or vigorous
physical activity (MVPA) in 2011 was associated with
fewer reported chronic diseases in 2011 and 2013. In
prospective analysis, MVPA in 2011 was inversely associated
with the number of chronic diseases in 2013 in the
unadjusted model. In the adjusted model MVPA more than
once a week remained as a significant predictor of fewer
chronic diseases.
Conclusions PA should be prescribed to older adults in
order to prevent and reduce the number of chronic diseases,
and, when possible, vigorous intensity PA should be
recommended.
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Keywords
Older people vigorous physical activity Exercise Public health SHARE
Citation
International Journal of Public Health, 62, 495–502. Doi: 10.1007/s00038-016-0919-4
Publisher
Springer Verlag