PMID- 16903899
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071025
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0905-7188 (Print)
IS  - 0905-7188 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Aug
TI  - Leisure-time physical activity of 13-year-old adolescents.
PG  - 324-30
AB  - The leisure-time physical activity of 13-year-old Finnish adolescents was 
      assessed in the prospective STRIP study. A self-administered questionnaire 
      (N=565) was used. The leisure-time physical activity index (PAI; MET h/week) was 
      calculated on the basis of reported exercise intensity, duration and frequency 
      (N=558; 53% boys). The participants were divided into Sedentary, Moderately 
      Active and Active groups by PAI tertiles. A subpopulation (N=197) also used a 
      heart rate monitor (3 days, >/=8 h/day) to assess the time spent on different 
      activity intensities. The median male PAI was 31.3 (inter-quartile range (IQR) 
      44.2) MET h/week and female 19.5 (IQR 26.3) MET h/week (P=0.0002). The cutoff 
      points of the PAI tertiles were similar for the Active girls (31.3 MET h/week) 
      and boys (32.6 MET h/week), but for the Sedentary boys it was 19.5 MET h/week and 
      only 5.0 MET h/week for the Sedentary girls. High self-reported leisure-time 
      physical activity associated poorly with time spent on moderate or vigorous 
      exercise measured by heart rate monitoring. Active mothers had more often Active 
      daughters or sons. In conclusion, the amount of leisure-time physical activity of 
      one-third of 13-year-old girls is extremely low. Sedentary adolescents, 
      especially girls, should therefore be put into focus for active efforts to 
      increase their leisure-time physical activity. Parental models may be important.
FAU - Pahkala, K
AU  - Pahkala K
AD  - Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of 
      Turku, Turku, Finland. katja.pahkala@utu.fi
FAU - Heinonen, O J
AU  - Heinonen OJ
FAU - Lagstrom, H
AU  - Lagstrom H
FAU - Hakala, P
AU  - Hakala P
FAU - Sillanmaki, L
AU  - Sillanmaki L
FAU - Simell, O
AU  - Simell O
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060810
PL  - Denmark
TA  - Scand J Med Sci Sports
JT  - Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports
JID - 9111504
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - Exercise/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Finland
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Leisure Activities
MH  - Male
MH  - Monitoring, Ambulatory
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2006/08/15 09:00
MHDA- 2007/10/27 09:00
CRDT- 2006/08/15 09:00
PHST- 2006/08/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/10/27 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/08/15 09:00 [entrez]
AID - SMS581 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00581.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2007 Aug;17(4):324-30. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00581.x. Epub 2006 Aug 10.