Linking higher physical activity to lower serum cystatin C among US adults

Faramawi, Mohammed F.; Caffrey, James L.

doi:10.1007/s10389-010-0341-y

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“…Greenness-related factors, such as physical activity and air pollution, may play a role in the association between greenness and cystatin-C. Evidence suggests that physical activity is associated with lower concentrations of serum cystatin-C ( 32 ). Greenness is also known to have beneficial effects by mitigating the effects of air pollution ( 33 ), which, in the case of kidney function, include elevated cystatin-C concentrations ( 34 , 35 ).…”

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Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status

et al. 2023

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Slower epigenetic aging is associated with exposure to green space (greenness); however, the longitudinal relationship has not been well studied, particularly in minority groups. We investigated the association between 20-year exposure to greenness [Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)] and epigenetic aging in a large, biracial (Black/white), U.S. urban cohort. Using generalized estimating equations adjusted for individual and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics, greater greenness was associated with slower epigenetic aging. Black participants had less surrounding greenness and an attenuated association between greenness and epigenetic aging [β NDVI5km : −0.80, 95% confidence interval (CI): −4.75, 3.13 versus β NDVI5km : −3.03, 95% CI: −5.63, −0.43 in white participants]. Participants in disadvantaged neighborhoods showed a stronger association between greenness and epigenetic aging (β NDVI5km : −3.36, 95% CI: −6.65, −0.08 versus β NDVI5km : −1.57, 95% CI: −4.12, 0.96 in less disadvantaged). In conclusion, we found a relationship between greenness and slower epigenetic aging, and different associations by social determinants of health such as race and neighborhood socioeconomic status.

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Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status

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“…The potential of thinking with affect matters because of the concerted effort by governments and public health bodies to increase levels of physical activity (Breckenkamp et al, 2004;Faramawi and Caffrey, 2010). However, despite the cautions, participation rates in physical exercise are decreasing across Europe (Hallal et al, 2012).…”

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Association of asymptomatic spinal cord lesions and atrophy with disability 5 years after a clinically isolated syndrome

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Attempts at improving physical activity rates among the population are central to many government, public health, and third sector approaches to encouraging health behaviours. However, to date there has been little attempt by public health to embrace different theoretical-methodological approaches, relying instead upon largely quantitative techniques. This paper argues that through a development of a framework of affect amplification, public health approaches to physical activity should incorporate the choreographing of spaces of movement. Drawing on two case studies, both incorporating ethnographic methodologies, this paper complicates the idea that public health can rely on individual or population level approaches that overlook affective and spatial entanglements. This paper concludes by outlining offer a series of ideas to encourage physical activity participation.

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“…The current study is among the first to provide a look at the obesity epidemic from the perspective of WTR. Second, NHANES surveys are large, nationally representative surveys with standardized data collection procedures (Faramawi et al,2010, Faramawi et al,2011, Faramawi et al,2008. Third, waist and thigh measures were obtained by trained study staff using standardized protocols, which avoid the known biases of self-reported body circumferences.…”

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Trends in waist to thigh ratio among adults in US

Faramawi

Gandhi

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et al. 2013

Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. And Boland J. (Eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation

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The burden of obesity is increasing in the US. Waist to thigh ratio has been proposed as a measure of central obesity. Waist thigh ratio (WTR) has been proposed as an index for abdominal (central) obesity. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that an increased WTR is a strong predictor for type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease. WTR can be used as an inexpensive screening tool to detect unhealthy body shapes and to provide these individuals with the appropriate management to decrease their risk for heart disease and diabetes. Changes in waist to thigh ratio over time in representative samples of US adults were not examined before. Our objective was to examine temporal trends in waist thigh ratio among US adults. Analysis of data collected from 30,001 adults (>=20 years old) who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1988 to 1994 and continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted between 1999 and 2006. The crude and age standardized waist to thigh ratio means increased among males, females and different age groups between 1988 and 2006. Age, gender, race and time were statistically significant predictors for waist thigh ratio (P values<0.01). These results document the increase in abdominal obesity among U.S. adults between 1988 and 2006. Efforts should be made to slow the increasing waist thigh ratio among in the US population.

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Linking higher physical activity to lower serum cystatin C among US adults

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status

Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status

Association of asymptomatic spinal cord lesions and atrophy with disability 5 years after a clinically isolated syndrome

Trends in waist to thigh ratio among adults in US

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