Publication: Active commuting to and from university, obesity and metabolic syndrome among Colombian university students
| dc.contributor.author | García Hermoso, Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Quintero, Andrea P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hernández, Enrique | |
| dc.contributor.author | Izquierdo Redín, Mikel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ramírez Vélez, Robinson | |
| dc.contributor.department | Ciencias de la Salud | es_ES |
| dc.contributor.department | Osasun Zientziak | eu |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-12T13:59:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-12T13:59:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: There is limited evidence concerning how active commuting (AC) is associated with health benefits in young. The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between AC to and from campus (walking) and obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a sample of Colombian university students. Methods: A total of 784 university students (78.6% women, mean age = 20.1 ± 2.6 years old) participated in the study. The exposure variable was categorized into AC (active walker to campus) and non-AC (non/infrequent active walker to campus: car, motorcycle, or bus) to and from the university on a typical day. MetS was defined in accordance with the updated harmonized criteria of the International Diabetes Federation criteria. Results: The overall prevalence of MetS was 8.7%, and it was higher in non-AC than AC to campus. The percentage of AC was 65.3%. The commuting distances in this AC from/to university were 83.1%, 13.4% and 3.5% for < 2 km, 2-5 km and > 5 km, respectively. Multiple logistic regressions for predicting unhealthy profile showed that male walking commuters had a lower probability of having obesity [OR = 0.45 (CI 95% 0.25–0.93)], high blood pressure [OR = 0.26 (CI 95% 0.13–0.55)] and low HDL cholesterol [OR = 0.29 (CI 95% 0.14–0.59)] than did passive commuters. Conclusions: Our results suggest that in young adulthood, a key life-stage for the development of obesity and MetS, AC could be associated with and increasing of daily physical activity levels, thereby promoting better cardiometabolic health. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study was part of the project entitled 'Body Adiposity Index and Biomarkers of Endothelial and Cardiovascular Health in Adults', which was funded by Centre for Studies on Measurement of Physical Activity, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario (Code N° FIUR DN-BG001) and Universidad de Boyacá (Code N° RECT 60). | en |
| dc.format.extent | 7 p. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12889-018-5450-5 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/38652 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Public Health, 2018, 18: 523 | en |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5450-5 | |
| dc.rights | © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. | en |
| dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.accessRights | Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia | es |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Active transport | en |
| dc.subject | Physical activity | en |
| dc.subject | Cardiometabolic risk | en |
| dc.subject | Young adults | en |
| dc.title | Active commuting to and from university, obesity and metabolic syndrome among Colombian university students | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | en |
| dc.type | Artículo / Artikulua | es |
| dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | en |
| dc.type.version | Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa | es |
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