Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease

Wannamethee, SG; Ag, Shaper

doi:10.1055/s-2002-35400

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“…For example, greater rates of physical activity are related to decreased sick days at work [67], lower rates of cardiovascular disease [68], and reduced total adiposity [69]. At present, it is unclear whether the benefits afforded to older adults described in this paper are related to participation in sport or simply a by-product of engagement in physical activity.…”

Section: Limitations Of Current Knowledge and Directions For Future Rmentioning

confidence: 87%

Sport participation and positive development in older persons

Baker

Fraser‐Thomas

Dionigi

et al. 2009

Eur Rev Aging Phys Act

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In many Western countries, more and more people are living longer. As part of this demographic shift, increasing numbers are participating in Masters sport. In the past, sport was considered important for the development of young people; however, the potential for sport participation to affect positive development across the lifespan is now recognized. The purpose of this paper is to introduce conceptual frameworks from developmental psychology that are being used to understand youths' positive development through sport, and to explore these frameworks in the context of sport as an avenue for positive development in older persons. To achieve this aim, we outline research on sport participation as it applies to youth development and consider relevant aspects as they broadly apply to development later in life. This discussion highlights the inherent paradox of sport participation-that it has the potential to provide considerable positive growth but also the potential for significant negative consequences. Finally, we explore areas of future research related to positive development in older persons through sport.

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Section: Limitations Of Current Knowledge and Directions For Future Rmentioning

confidence: 87%

Sport participation and positive development in older persons

Baker

Fraser‐Thomas

Dionigi

et al. 2009

Eur Rev Aging Phys Act

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“…30 Moreover, it has been shown that high levels of physical activity, frequent in rural Cameroon 20 in comparison with urban Cameroon have protective metabolic effects, partly by increasing insulin sensitivity. 1,31 All these mechanisms are known to counterbalance the elevation of fasting blood glucose. We showed a stronger association of WC with blood pressure in urban Cameroon in comparison with France, despite higher blood pressure levels in the French population.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waist circumference and obesity-related abnormalities in French and Cameroonian adults: the role of urbanization and ethnicity

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Objectives: To evaluate the effect of urbanization and ethnicity on correlations between waist circumference (WC) and obesityrelated cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: 1471 rural and urban Cameroonians, and 4185 French, from community-based studies, aged X25 years, not treated for hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia participated in this study. Slopes of obesity-related abnormalities with WC were compared using an interaction term between place of residence and WC. Results: Women in urban Cameroon and men in France had significantly higher WC and BMI relative to their gender counterparts. Urban Cameroonians had higher abdominal adiposity, but lower BP and better metabolic profile than the French. WC was positively associated to all the obesity-related abnormalities in the three sites except to FPG (both genders) and blood lipids (women) in rural Cameroon. A 5 cm larger WC was associated with a higher increment among urban than rural Cameroonians for diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (women, 1.95/0.63 mm Hg; men, 2.56/1.44 mm Hg), HOMA-IR (women, 0.11/0.05), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (men, 0.09/À0.01 mmol/l) and triglycerides (women, 0.06/0.01 mmol/l; men, 0.09/ 0.03 mmol/l), all Po0.05. A 5 cm larger WC was associated with a higher increment among urban Cameroon than French people for DBP (women, 1.95/1.28 mm Hg, Po0.01; men, 2.56/1.49 mm Hg, Po0.01), but with a lower increment for HOMA-IR (women, 0.11/0.14, Po0.05), FPG (women, 0.05/0.09 mmol/l), total cholesterol (women, 0.07/0.11 mmol/l; men, 0.10/0.13 mmol/l) and triglycerides (women, 0.06/0.11 mmol/l; men, 0.09/0.13 mmol/l) all Po0.05. Conclusion: Ethnicity and urbanization modify the association of WC with obesity-related metabolic abnormalities. WC cutoff points derived from Caucasians may not be appropriate for black Sub-Saharan Africans.

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“…Other than diet modification, engaging in physical activity for at least 30 min every day will help to prevent stroke [86].…”

Section: Cardiovascular Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Due to the multitude of smart healthcare applications, only four applications in the field of diseases diagnosis, cardiovascular diseases [82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99], diabetes mellitus [100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112], Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementias [113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126], and tuberculosis [127][128][129][130][13...…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disease Diagnosis in Smart Healthcare: Innovation, Technologies and Applications

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Abstract:To promote sustainable development, the smart city implies a global vision that merges artificial intelligence, big data, decision making, information and communication technology (ICT), and the internet-of-things (IoT). The ageing issue is an aspect that researchers, companies and government should devote efforts in developing smart healthcare innovative technology and applications. In this paper, the topic of disease diagnosis in smart healthcare is reviewed. Typical emerging optimization algorithms and machine learning algorithms are summarized. Evolutionary optimization, stochastic optimization and combinatorial optimization are covered. Owning to the fact that there are plenty of applications in healthcare, four applications in the field of diseases diagnosis (which also list in the top 10 causes of global death in 2015), namely cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, and tuberculosis, are considered. In addition, challenges in the deployment of disease diagnosis in healthcare have been discussed.

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Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease

Cited by 46 publications

References 60 publications

Sport participation and positive development in older persons

Sport participation and positive development in older persons

Waist circumference and obesity-related abnormalities in French and Cameroonian adults: the role of urbanization and ethnicity

Disease Diagnosis in Smart Healthcare: Innovation, Technologies and Applications

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