Passive Commuting and Higher Sedentary Time Is Associated with Vitamin D Deficiency in Adult and OlderWomen: Results from Chilean National Health Survey 2016–2017
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Solis-Urra, Patricio; Cristi-Montero, Carlos; Romero-Parra, Javier; Zavala-Crichton, Juan Pablo; Sáez Lara, María José; Plaza Díaz, JulioMateria
Vitamin D Females Exercise Sedentary lifestyle Nutrition Elderly
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2019-01-31Referencia bibliográfica
Solis-Urra, Patricio; Cristi-Montero, Carlos; Romero-Parra, Javier; Zavala-Crichton, Juan Pablo; Saez-Lara, Maria Jose; Plaza-Diaz, Julio. Passive Commuting and Higher Sedentary Time Is Associated with Vitamin D Deficiency in Adult and OlderWomen: Results from Chilean National Health Survey 2016–2017. Nutrients 2019, 11, 300. [ doi:10.3390/nu11020300]
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P.S.-U. was supported by a grant from CONICYT/BECAS Chile/72180543. J.P.-D is part of University of Granada, Plan Propio de Investigación 2016, Excellence actions: Units of Excellence; Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES).Resumen
The aim was to investigate the associations between different physical activity (PA) patterns
and sedentary time (ST) with vitamin D deficiency (<12 ng/mL) in a large sample of Chilean women.
In this cross-sectional study, the final sample included 1245 adult and 686 older women. The PA
levels, mode of commuting, ST, and leisure-time PA were self-reported. Vitamin D deficiency was
defined as <12 ng/mL and insufficiency as <20 ng/mL. A higher ST was associated with vitamin D
deficiency (odds ratio (OR): 2.4, 95%: 1.6–4.3) in adults, and passive commuting was associated with
vitamin D deficiency in older (OR: 1.7, 95%: 1.1–2.7). Additionally, we found a joint association in the
high ST/passive commuting group in adults (OR: 2.8, 95%: 1.6–4.9) and older (OR: 2.8, 95%: 1.5–5.2)
with vitamin D deficiency, in respect to low ST/active commuting. The PA levels and leisure-time
PA were not associated with vitamin D deficiency. In conclusion, mode of commuting and ST seems
important variables related to vitamin D deficiency. Promoting a healthy lifestyle appears important
also for vitamin D levels in adult and older women. Further studies are needed to establish causality
of this association and the effect of vitamin D deficiency in different diseases in this population.