Low physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes: The role of obesity
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Aims Few studies have described ambulatory activity in free-living individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using motion sensors, and none included a control group. For this reason, our study compared the physical-activity levels of outpatients with T2DM with subjects without diabetes, and examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and physical-activity parameters. Methods Physical-activity levels in 70 outpatients with T2DM and 30 age-, gender- and employment-matched individuals without diabetes were measured using the SenseWear Armband™, a monitoring device validated against doubly labelled water, to assess total energy expenditure. Patients wore the SenseWear Armband™ on their right arm continuously every day for 1 week. Results Total energy expenditure ( Conclusion Outpatients with T2DM have lower physical-activity levels than their matched controls, a characteristic that is related to their higher BMI.
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Many patients with diabetes have lower physical activity durations and daily steps than people without diabetes.
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- Authors
- Fagour, C., Gonzalez, C., Pezzino, S., Florenty, S., Rosette-Narece, M., Gin, H., & Rigalleau, V.
- Affiliations
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique (MQ)
- Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Fagour, C.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Diabetes & Metabolism
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-02
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 85-87
- ISSN
- 1262-3636 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1988057881
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 2.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Diabetes & Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Keywords
- type 2 diabetes, physical activity, obesity, body mass index, ambulatory activity, total energy expenditure, step count, physical activity duration, SenseWear Armband, doubly labeled water, free-living conditions, hypertension, physical activity prescription, outpatients, objective activity measurement, sedentary behavior
- MeSH terms
- Blood Glucose, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Energy Metabolism, Female, France, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Obesity, Health Behavior, Exercise, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Monitoring, Ambulatory
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