Association of the “Weekend Warrior” and Other Leisure-time Physical Activity Patterns With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality

Santos, Maurício dos; Ferrari, Gérson; Lee, Dong Hoon; Rey-López, Juan Pablo; Aune, Dagfinn; Liao, Bing; Huang, Wentao; Nie, Jing; Wang, Yafeng; Giovannucci, Edward; Rezende, Leandro F. M.

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2488

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“…In a population-based cohort of 63 591 adults from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey, O’Donovan et al estimated similar-magnitude HRs for all-cause mortality among weekend warriors (HR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.60-0.82) and regularly active participants (HR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.58-0.73) compared with inactive participants. A more recent study in 350 978 participants from the US National Health Interview Survey supports these findings, wherein all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks did not differ between weekend warriors and regularly active participants, even after accounting for the total amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity. While all these studies defined physical activity based on self-reported duration and intensity of the activity, Shiroma et al used data from 3438 NHANES participants to show protective associations between accelerometer-assessed higher physical activity and mortality.…”

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“…Some individuals choose to concentrate their physical activity into 1 or 2 sessions per week, eg, “weekend warriors” who exercise mainly during the weekend . Previous studies have shown lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risks among weekend warriors compared with people consider to be physically inactive . Moreover, the estimated health benefit for weekend warriors was similar to that for people with regular physical activity patterns, indicating that concentration of physical activity into 1 or 2 sessions per week may be sufficient to reduce mortality risks.…”

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Association of Daily Step Patterns With Mortality in US Adults

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ImportancePrevious studies have shown that individuals who regularly walk, particularly 8000 daily steps or more, experience lower mortality. However, little is known about the health benefits of walking intensively only a few days a week.ObjectiveTo evaluate the dose-response association between the number of days an individual takes 8000 steps or more and mortality among US adults.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cohort study evaluated a representative sample of participants aged 20 years or older in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2005-2006 who wore an accelerometer for 1 week and their mortality data through December 31, 2019. Data were analyzed from April 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023.ExposuresParticipants were grouped by the number of days per week they took 8000 steps or more (0 days, 1-2 days, and 3-7 days).Main Outcomes and MeasuresMultivariable ordinary least squares regression models were used to estimate adjusted risk differences (aRDs) for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality during the 10-year follow-up, adjusting for potential confounders (eg, age, sex, race and ethnicity, insurance status, marital status, smoking, comorbidities, and average daily step counts).ResultsAmong 3101 participants (mean [SD] age, 50.5 [18.4] years; 1583 [51.0%] women and 1518 [49.0%] men; 666 [21.5%] Black, 734 [23.7%] Hispanic, 1579 [50.9%] White, and 122 [3.9%] other race and ethnicity), 632 (20.4%) did not take 8000 steps or more any day of the week, 532 (17.2%) took 8000 steps or more 1 to 2 days per week, and 1937 (62.5%) took 8000 steps or more 3 to 7 days per week. Over the 10-year follow-up, all-cause and cardiovascular deaths occurred in 439 (14.2%) and 148 (5.3%) participants, respectively. Compared with participants who walked 8000 steps or more 0 days per week, all-cause mortality risk was lower among those who took 8000 steps or more 1 to 2 days per week (aRD, −14.9%; 95% CI −18.8% to −10.9%) and 3 to 7 days per week (aRD, −16.5%; 95% CI, −20.4% to −12.5%). The dose-response association for both all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk was curvilinear; the protective association plateaued at 3 days per week. Different thresholds for the number of daily steps between 6000 and 10 000 yielded similar results.Conclusions and RelevanceIn this cohort study of US adults, the number of days per week taking 8000 steps or more was associated with a lower risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a curvilinear fashion. These findings suggest that individuals may receive substantial health benefits by walking just a couple days a week.

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Association of Daily Step Patterns With Mortality in US Adults

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“…Aus diesem Grund nimmt er auch nicht mehr an Wettkämpfen teil. An den Wochenenden spielt David immer noch mit Freunden Fußball, was mittlerweile seine einzige sportliche Betätigung ist – ein klassischer „Weekend Warrior“ 5 (eine Person, die nur sporadisch, meist am Wochenende Sport treibt; die Red.). Er hat nach wie vor Freude daran, aber nach jedem Spiel werden die Schmerzen sehr stark und halten mindestens eine Woche lang an, bis er wieder spielen kann.…”

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“…In Annes Fall geht das Handballspielen mit einem Verletzungsrisiko einher, das zu OA führen könnte, in Davids Fall nehmen die Schmerzen beim Fußballspielen zu. Wir wissen aber auch, dass körperliche Aktivität viele gesundheitliche Vorteile hat, insbesondere in der Jugend und selbst dann, wenn, wie in Davids Fall, die wöchentliche „Dosis“ (150 Minuten mäßige oder 75 Minuten starke Aktivität) an einem einzigen Tag in der Woche absolviert wird 5 , 20 .…”

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Körperliche Aktivität und Sport – gut oder schlecht bei Osteoarthritis?

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Baumbach²

2022

Sportphysio

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“…However, the minimum weekly frequency and amount of physical activity for individuals with no time to spare, which are associated with metabolic syndrome, remain unknown. There are studies on disease-related mortality between those who focus on physical activity once or twice a week (i.e., weekend warrior) and those who exercise multiple days over a week (i.e., regularly active) [ 20 , 21 ]; however, there are only a few studies examining the prevalence of disease between the two groups.…”

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Association of the “Weekend Warrior” and Other Physical Activity Patterns with Metabolic Syndrome in the South Korean Population

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Joo²,

Jung³

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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These days, it is not common for people to have time to do physical activities regularly because of their own work. So, they perform physical activities all at once, which is often called the “weekend warrior”. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the association of the “weekend warrior” and other physical activity patterns with metabolic syndrome. Data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used, and 27,788 participants were included. The participants were divided into inactive, weekend warriors, and regularly active based on physical activity patterns. The risk of metabolic syndrome in each group was analyzed using multiple logistic regression. The inactive and weekend warrior groups showed a higher likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome than the regularly active groups (weekend warrior: odds ratio (OR) 1.29, confidence interval (CI) 1.02–1.65; inactive: OR 1.38, CI 1.25–1.53). According to the physical activity patterns, the weekend warrior group showed a dose-response relationship compared to the regularly active group (only moderate: OR 1.85, CI 1.25–2.72; only vigorous: OR 1.41, CI 0.93–2.14; both: OR 0.84, CI 0.56–1.27). This study found increasing the amount of physical activity and performing vigorous-intensity physical activity helped manage metabolic syndrome in the weekend warrior group.

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Association of the “Weekend Warrior” and Other Leisure-time Physical Activity Patterns With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality

Cited by 28 publications

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Association of Daily Step Patterns With Mortality in US Adults

Association of Daily Step Patterns With Mortality in US Adults

Körperliche Aktivität und Sport – gut oder schlecht bei Osteoarthritis?

Association of the “Weekend Warrior” and Other Physical Activity Patterns with Metabolic Syndrome in the South Korean Population

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