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Influence of Marital Status on Physical Activity Levels among Older Adults

PETTEE, KELLEY K., BRACH, JENNIFER S., KRISKA, ANDREA M., BOUDREAU, ROBERT, RICHARDSON, CAROLINE R., COLBERT, LISA H., SATTERFIELD, SUZANNE, VISSER, MARJOLEIN, HARRIS, TAMARA B., AYONAYON, HILSA N., NEWMAN, ANNE B.·2006·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
DOI 10.1249/01.mss.0000191346.95244.f7
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PURPOSE: The purpose of these analyses was to describe the levels and types of activity in relationship to current marital status among older adults and determine if the physical activity level of the husband was related to the physical activity level of his wife. METHODS: Participants included 3075 well-functioning white and black men and women aged 70-79 yr with further examination of 345 spousal pairs. Marital status was self-reported and participants were grouped as married versus not married. Based on responses to a leisure-time questionnaire, total physical activity was calculated and participants were classified as low or high active. Descriptive statistics were used to describe level and proportions of type of activity by marital status. Logistic regression was used to determine if marital status was an important determinant of physical activity participation. Regression models were adjusted for demographics, body mass index (BMI), and chronic disease conditions. RESULTS: When compared with their single counterparts, married men reported higher median levels of exercise participation (P = 0.008) and married women reported higher levels of total (P < 0.0001) and nonexercise activity (P < 0.0001) with a trend toward higher exercise participation (P = 0.05). In spousal pairs, compared with men in the low active group, highly active men were almost three times as likely (OR = 2.97; 95% CI = 1.73, 5.10) to have a similarly active spouse. The model only modestly attenuated when adjusted for age, BMI, and health status of the husband [OR = 2.49 (1.41, 4.42)]. CONCLUSIONS: Marital status and spousal physical activity (PA) levels are important determinants for PA participation among older adults.

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PETTEE, K. K., BRACH, J. S., KRISKA, A. M., BOUDREAU, R., RICHARDSON, C. R., COLBERT, L. H., SATTERFIELD, S., VISSER, M., HARRIS, T. B., AYONAYON, H. N., & NEWMAN, A. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • University of Memphis (US)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
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Venue
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2006-03
Volume
38
Issue
3
Pages
541-546
ISSN
0195-9131 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1249/01.mss.0000191346.95244.f7
OpenAlex
W2110595629
Cited by
210
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 8
FWCI
3.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (N01-AG-20-2101, N01-AG-20-2106, N01-AG-20-2103)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
marital status, physical activity, older adults, exercise participation, leisure-time physical activity
MeSH terms
Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Cohort Studies, Exercise, Marital Status

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