Nivel educativo y su asociación con niveles de actividad física en Chile
Autor
Garrido-Méndez, Alex
Matus-Castillo, Carlos
Poblete-Valderrama, Felipe
Flores-Rivera, Carol
Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fernando
Vásquez-Gómez, Jaime A.
Díaz-Martínez, Ximena
Beltrán González, Ana
Celis-Morales, Carlos
Fecha
2020Resumen
Background: A higher educational level is associated with healthier lifestyles.
Aim: To assess the association between the level of compliance with physical activity recommendations and years of formal education in Chilean adults.
Material and Methods: Analysis include 6,174 participants from the National Health Survey 2016-2017. Physical activity levels were assessed through the Global Physical Questionnaire (GPAQ v2). Physical inactivity was defined as < 600 MET/minute/week.
Results: Among subjects without education, 44% and 27% of women and men respectively, were physically inactive. Among women and men with the highest number of years of education (> 16) the figures for physical inactivity were 27% and 15% respectively. The odds for not meeting the physical activity recommendations was 2.3 [95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.57; 3.38] and 3.9 [95% CI: 2.27; 6.95] in women and men without any formal education respectively, as compared with those who reported 12 years of education. Women and men who reported a high level of education ≥ (16 years) did not show significant differences compared to the reference group.
Conclusions: People with low levels of education are were likely to be physically inactive.
Fuente
Revista Médica de Chile, 148(3), 295-303Link de Acceso
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doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872020000300295Colecciones
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