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Physical activity and fitness in the community: the Framingham Heart Study

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Nayor, Matthew, Chernofsky, Ariel, Spartano, Nicole L, Tanguay, Melissa, Blodgett, Jasmine B, Murthy, Venkatesh L, Malhotra, Rajeev, Houstis, Nicholas E +6 more·2021·European Heart Journal

Abstract

AIMS: While greater physical activity (PA) is associated with improved health outcomes, the direct links between distinct components of PA, their changes over time, and cardiorespiratory fitness are incompletely understood. METHODS AND RESULTS: Maximum effort cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and objective PA measures [sedentary time (SED), steps/day, and moderate-vigorous PA (MVPA)] via accelerometers worn for 1 week concurrent with CPET and 7.8 years prior were obtained in 2070 Framingham Heart Study participants [age 54 ± 9 years, 51% women, SED 810 ± 83 min/day, steps/day 7737 ± 3520, MVPA 22.3 ± 20.3 min/day, peak oxygen uptake (VO2) 23.6 ± 6.9 mL/kg/min]. Adjusted for clinical risk factors, increases in steps/day and MVPA and reduced SED between the two assessments were associated with distinct aspects of cardiorespiratory fitness (measured by VO2) during initiation, early-moderate level, peak exercise, and recovery, with the highest effect estimates for MVPA (false discovery rate <5% for all). Findings were largely consistent across categories of age, sex, obesity, and cardiovascular risk. Increases of 17 min of MVPA/day [95% confidence interval (CI) 14-21] or 4312 steps/day (95% CI 3439-5781; ≈54 min at 80 steps/min), or reductions of 249 min of SED per day (95% CI 149-777) between the two exam cycles corresponded to a 5% (1.2 mL/kg/min) higher peak VO2. Individuals with high (above-mean) steps or MVPA demonstrated above average peak VO2 values regardless of whether they had high or low SED. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide a detailed assessment of relations of different types of PA with multidimensional cardiorespiratory fitness measures and suggest favourable longitudinal changes in PA (and MVPA in particular) are associated with greater objective fitness.

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Nayor, M., Chernofsky, A., Spartano, N. L., Tanguay, M., Blodgett, J. B., Murthy, V. L., Malhotra, R., Houstis, N. E., Velagaleti, R. S., Murabito, J. M., Larson, M. G., Vasan, R. S., Shah, R. V., & Lewis, G. D.
Affiliations
  • Boston University (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
Corresponding author
Nayor, Matthew
Venue
European Heart Journal
Published
2021-08-26
Volume
42
Issue
44
Pages
4565-4575
ISSN
  • 0195-668X (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-9645
OpenAlex
W3193665145
Cited by
78
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 2
FWCI
9.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Heart Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • The Framingham Heart Study
  • National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (N01-HC-25195, HHSN268201500001I, 75N92019D00031)
  • NIH (K23-HL138260, R01-HL131029, 15GPSGC24800006)
  • Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
  • Evans Medical Foundation
  • Jay and Louis Coffman Endowment
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
Keywords
physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, peak oxygen uptake, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary time, step count, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, Framingham Heart Study
MeSH terms
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Exercise Test, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Physical Fitness, Exercise, Sedentary Behavior

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