PMID- 26777265 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160809 LR - 20220330 IS - 1916-7075 (Electronic) IS - 0828-282X (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Apr TI - Habitual Physical Activity in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Compared With Age- and Sex-Matched Controls. PG - 547-53 LID - S0828-282X(15)01371-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.08.021 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Most adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) have reduced aerobic exercise capacity. Their habitual physical activity (PA) level is, however, less well studied. In this study, habitual PA level in a cohort of adults with CHD compared with healthy age- and sex-matched controls was investigated. METHODS: Eighty adults with CHD, classed as either "complex" (n = 40) or "simple" (n = 40), and 42 healthy controls were studied with a combined uniaxial accelerometer and heart rate monitor worn during 4 consecutive days. We analyzed: (1) the time spent during moderate or vigorous PA; (2) accelerometer counts per day; and (3) to what extent the World Health Organization recommendations on PA were reached. RESULTS: Patients with simple lesions had higher total accelerometer counts per day compared with patients with complex lesions and controls (simple lesions: median [interquartile range] 107.7 [76.3-139.1] vs complex lesions: 72.8 [49.2-101.0] and controls: 78.3 [58.7-106.9]; P