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European Journal of Medical Research
Published in: European Journal of Medical Research 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Leisure-time physical activity and the risk of metabolic syndrome: meta-analysis

Authors: Yijun Huang, Xuemei Liu

Published in: European Journal of Medical Research | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to assess the association between leisure-time physical activity (LPA) and the risk of metabolic syndrome (MS).

Methods

Prospective cohort studies of the association between LPA and the risk of MS were retrieved from the PubMed and Embase databases up to 12 August 2013. The statistical analysis in this study was performed using Stata 11.0 software. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to evaluate the effect of LPA on the risk of MS.

Results

A total of five articles were included in this meta-analysis. The overall effect sizes indicated that people with moderate level LPA (OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.82 to 0.96, P = 0.003) or high level LPA (OR = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.38 to 0.89, P = 0.012) had lower risk of MS than people with low level LPA. The subgroup analysis by gender showed that high level LPA could reduce the risk of MS in populations of different genders (female, OR = 0.20, 95% CI: 0.08 to 0.49, P <0.001; male, OR = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.43 to 0.82, P = 0.002). However, compared with low level LPA, Americans with high level LPA did not significantly reduce the risk of MS (OR = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.43 to 0.82, P = 0.002), while a significant decrease of the risk of MS was found in Europeans with high level LPA (OR = 0.49, 95% CI 0.32 to 0.77, P = 0.002) in the subgroup analysis by region.

Conclusions

The meta-analysis confirmed that a moderate and high level of LPA could reduce the risk of MS.
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Metadata
Title
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Leisure-time physical activity and the risk of metabolic syndrome: meta-analysis
Authors
Yijun Huang
Xuemei Liu
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
European Journal of Medical Research / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 2047-783X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-19-22

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