Factores asociados a inactividad física en Chile: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2009-2010

• Ximena Díaz-Martínez ; Alexis Garrido ; María Adela Martínez ; Ana María Leiva ; Cristian Álvarez ; Rodrigo Ramírez-Campillo ; Carlos Cristi-Montero ; Fernando Rodríguez ; Carlos Salas-Bravo ; Eliana Durán ; Ana María Abraña ; Pedro Valdivia-Moral ; María Luisa Zagalaz ; Nicolás Aguilar-Farías ; Carlos A. Celis-Morales ^[1]
  1. [1] Centro de Investigaciones en Fisiología Integrada y Salud
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 145, Nº. 10, 2017, págs. 1259-1267
• Idioma: español
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  • Correlates of physical inactivity: Findings from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010
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  • Background: Physical inactivity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Aim: To identify factors associated with physical inactivity in Chilean adults. Material and Methods: Participants from the Chilean Health Survey (5,133 individuals) were included in this study. Physical activity was measured using the Global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ). Physical inactivity was defined as < 600 MET. min.week−1 of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity. Logistic regression was used to identify correlates of physical inactivity. Results: The main finding of this study were that women (odds ratio (OR): 1.51 [95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.32-1.72]) were more likely to be inactive compared to men and that older adults were more likely to be inactive than their younger or middle age counterparts (OR: 3.06 [95% CI: 2.45-3.82]). Other correlates of physical inactivity were individuals with obesity (OR: 1.43 [95% CI: 1.20-1.70]), diabetes (OR: 1.96 [95% CI: 1.61-2.38]), hypertension (OR: 1.72 [95% CI: 1.50-1.97]), metabolic syndrome (OR: 1.42 [95% IC: 1.18-1.70]), a low education level (OR: 1.26 [95% CI: 1.06-1.49]) and higher levels of sedentary behavior (OR: 2.77 [95% CI: 2.36-3.25]). Conclusions: Women, older people and sedentary subjects with chronic non-transmissible conditions are at higher risk of being physically inactive.