Device-measured physical activity and incident afective disorders
Autor
Ho, Frederick
Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
Parra‑Soto, Solange
Boonpor, Jirapitcha
Gill, Jason M.R.
Gray, S.R.
Pell, J.P.
Celis-Morales, Carlos
Fecha
2022Resumen
Background: Studies on physical activity (PA) and mental health are largely limited to self-reported PA. This study
aims to use prospective cohort data to investigate the association between device-measured PA and afective
disorders.
Methods: A total of 37,327 participants from UK Biobank who had not had any prior afective disorder diagnoses
were included in this prospective cohort study. Wrist-worn accelerometers were used to measure total, light (LPA),
moderate (MPA), and vigorous (VPA) PA. Associations between PA domains and afective disorders were analysed
using penalised splines in Cox proportional hazard models. Analyses were adjusted for other intensity-specifc PA
and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Sensitivity analyses were conducted adjusting for body mass index and
longstanding illnesses as well as excluding events in the frst 2 years of follow-up. Preventable fractions for the popula‑
tion were estimated for MPA and VPA.
Results: Over a median follow-up of 6.8 years, 1262 (3.4%) individuals were diagnosed with afective disorders.
Replacing 30 min of sedentary behaviour in a week with MPA (HR 0.95, 95% CI 0.94–0.97) or VPA (HR 0.91, 95% CI
0.85–0.98) was associated with lower risk of afective behaviours, up to 500 and 120 min of MPA and VPA. Assuming
causality, 5.14% and 18.88% of afective disorders could have been prevented if MPA ≥150 min/week and VPA ≥75
min/week were achieved, respectively, across the study population.
Conclusions: Device-measured MPA and VPA were associated with lower risk of afective disorders. The potential
mental health benefts of MPA continue to accrue above the current World Health Organization recommendation.
Fuente
European Journal of Forest Research, 141, 753-767Identificador DOI
doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02484-0Colecciones
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