Physical Activity Among Veterans And Nonveterans With Diabetes
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Erin Bouldin, Assistant Professor, PhD (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Engaging in regular physical activity (PA), with or without a corresponding decrease in weight, is associated with improved health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to quantify the extent to which PA differed between veterans and nonveterans and to determine how diabetes and age influenced this association. Data from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were used in this study. Respondents were classified as having diabetes if they reported ever being diagnosed with diabetes except during pregnancy. Respondents who reported ever serving on active military duty were classified as veterans. Based on self-report, we calculated the average minutes per week of moderate, vigorous, and total activity. After adjusting for sex, race and ethnicity, household income, education level, body mass index (BMI), and recent health checkup, veteran status was associated with a small but significantly larger amount of average weekly moderate PA (2.2 minutes, P = 0 . 0 0 5 8 ) but not average weekly vigorous PA (-0.02 minutes, P = 0 . 9 8 ). Diabetes and prediabetes were associated with significantly lower mean levels of both moderate and vigorous intensity PA, as was increasing age. Consistent with prior research, veterans engaged in more PA than nonveterans. The association between diabetes, age, and physical activity did not differ by veteran status.
Physical Activity Among Veterans And Nonveterans With Diabetes
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- Publication
- Erin D. Bouldin and Gayle E. Reiber, “Physical Activity among Veterans and Nonveterans with Diabetes,” Journal of Aging Research, vol. 2012, Article ID 135192, 7 pages, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/135192. Publisher version of record available at: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jar/2012/135192/
- Language: English
- Date: 2012
- Keywords
- regular physical activity, diabetes, veterans & nonveterans, BMI