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Nutritional status, health risk behaviors, and eating habits are correlated with physical activity and exercise of brazilian older hypertensive adults: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva, Daniel de Freitas Batalhão, Anderson dos Santos Carvalho, Lucimere Bohn, Nilo César Ramos, Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2022

Abstract

Background

Nutritional status, health risk behaviors, eating habits, and other comorbidities (such as diabetes) may be associated with recommended amounts of physical activity (PA) and exercise (EX) in healthy older adults. However, these associations are still unclear for older hypertensive adults, who require greater care from health professionals. The purpose of this study was to associate the nutritional status, health risk behaviors, eating habits, and the presence of diabetes with recommended amounts of physical activity and exercise practice of older hypertensive adults.

Methods

Ten thousand seven hundred eighty-nine older hypertensive adults (70.9 ± 7.4 years) from the VIGITEL telephone survey were classified according to PA levels (insufficiently active/sufficiently active) and EX practice (non-practitioners/practitioners). Binary logistic regression was used to observe the odds ratio (OR) between independent variables (nutritional status [body mass index], sociodemographic characteristics [age/sex/years of study], risk behaviors [screen time/alcohol/tobacco consumption], eating habits [minimally/ultra-processed foods consumption score], and the presence of diabetes) with recommended amounts of PA/EX (dependent variable).

Results

Highest nutritional status (OR_PA = 0.975 [95%-CI: 0.965 – 0.985]; OR_EX = 0.981[95%-CI: 0.972 – 0.991]), age (OR_PA = 0.955 [95%-CI: 0.949 – 0.961]; OR_EX = 0.980[95%-CI: 0.975 – 0.986]), screen time (OR_PA = 0.909[95%-CI: 0.835 – 0.990]), alcohol consumption (OR_PA = 0.683[95%-CI: 0.621 – 0.758]; OR_EX = 0.702[95%-CI: 0.637 – 0.779]), tobacco (OR_PA = 0.601 [95%-CI: 0.492 – 0.736]; OR_EX = 0.464[95%-CI: 0.384 – 0.562]) ultra-processed foods consumption score (OR_PA = 0.896[95%-CI: 0.871 – 0.921]; OR_EX = 0.886[95%-CI: 0.863 – 0.909]) and having diabetes (OR_PA = 0.780[95%-CI: 0.708 – 0.859]; OR_EX = 0.831[95%-CI: 0.759 – 0.909]) reduced the odds of being sufficiently active/practicing exercise (p < 0.05). Male sex (OR_PA = 1.633[95%-CI: 1.491 – 1.789]; OR_EX = 1.247[95%-CI: 1.140 – 1.363]), years of study (OR_PA = 1.026[95%-CI: 1.018 – 1.035]; OR_EX = 1.050[95%-CI: 1.041 – 1.058]), and minimally processed foods consumption score increased the odds of being sufficiently active/practicing exercise (OR_PA = 1.132[95%-CI: 1.109 – 1.155]; OR_EX = 1.167[95%-CI: 1.145 – 1.191], respectively; p < 0.05).

Conclusion

Nutritional status, health risk behaviors, eating habits, and the presence of diabetes were associated with the odds of older hypertensive adults complying with PA and EX recommendations. The results may help health professionals understand how these factors are associated with the changes of older hypertensive adults participating in physical activity and exercise.

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Title: Nutritional status, health risk behaviors, and eating habits are correlated with physical activity and exercise of brazilian older hypertensive adults: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva
Daniel de Freitas Batalhão
Anderson dos Santos Carvalho
Lucimere Bohn
Nilo César Ramos
Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla
Publication date: 01-12-2022
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Hypertension
Arterial Hypertension
Arterial Hypertension
Published in: BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14873-4

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