Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine favorable physical activities, by intensity, type, and frequency that would serve to minimize the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. A total of 24,178 individuals participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that investigated the risk factors for metabolic syndrome and physical activity including the physical activity type (vigorous and moderate activity, walking, strength, and flexibility) and the frequency (numbers of days per weeks where physical activity lasted at least 10 min per session). Complex-samples analysis, descriptive statistics, Pearson’s Chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to analyze the data. The results confirmed that physical activity had a favorable effect on reducing the occurrence of metabolic syndrome. The lowest prevalence of metabolic syndrome was observed when vigorous physical activity was conducted six times per week (OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.45–0.94). The associated beneficial effects included improvements in the risk factors of metabolic syndrome, depending on the specific physical activity type and frequency. Patients diagnosed, as having metabolic syndrome should be aware of the associated underling risk factors in order to determine a targeted physical activity intervention.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3514-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Highlights
Metabolic syndrome is an cluster of risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factor (Gami et al 2007)
The risk components of metabolic syndrome were lower for the subjects participating in vigorous physical activity, moderate physical activity, walking, strength, and flexibility, than for the subjects who did not participated in physical activity
The proportion of metabolic syndrome was significantly lower among participants who participated in moderate physical activity, walking, and flexibility compared with subjects who did not participate in those three physical activity
Summary
Metabolic syndrome is an cluster of risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factor (Gami et al 2007). Metabolic syndrome is defined by the presence of three or more of the following four risk factors: dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, abdominal obesity, and hypertension (Grundy et al 2005). These risk factors have been linked to such serious health problems as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It is well known that increased physical activity has been associated with lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (LaMonte et al 2005). In a meta-analysis, He et al (2014) found that high and moderate levels of leisure time physical activity
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