A Daily Cup of Tea or Coffee May Keep You Moving: Association between Tea and Coffee Consumption and Physical Activity

Physical activity (PA) is an independent predictor of mortality and frailty in middle-aged women, but fatigue remains a major barrier in this group. While caffeine intake has been associated with reduced exertion and perceived fatigue, it is not well understood whether consumption of naturally caffeinated drinks is associated with physical activity. The aim of this study was to determine whether habitual consumption of coffee and tea is associated with participation in physical activity. Women (n = 7580) from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health were included in this investigation. Participants reported average tea and coffee intake over the last 12 months and usual PA. Logistic regression models were adjusted for relevant health and lifestyle confounders, and Sobel test was used for mediation analysis. Participants who consumed 1–2 cups of coffee/day were 17% more likely to meet the recommended 500 metabolic equivalent (MET).min/week than women who had <1 cup/day (odds ratio (OR) 1.17, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04–1.32). Participants who reported drinking either 1–2 cups or >3 cups/day of tea were 13–26% more likely to meet 500 MET.min/week than those who had <1 cup/day (OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.08–1.46 and OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.01–1.26, respectively). Tiredness and energy mediated associations between intake of coffee (fully) and tea (partially) and PA. Middle-aged women who drink 1–2 cups of coffee or >1 cup of tea/day are more likely to meet the moderate-to-vigorous PA guidelines than those who drink <1 cup/day. Future research is warranted to investigate causality and effects of specific coffee and tea amounts.

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DETERMINANTS OF LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER, RURAL CANCER SURVIVORS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.1424 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S388-S388

Author(s):

Scherezade K Mama ◽

Nishat Bhuiyan ◽

Eugene Lengerich ◽

Kathryn Schmitz

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Cancer Survivors ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Regression Models ◽

Leisure Time ◽

Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽

Future Research ◽

Environmental Support ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Central Pennsylvania

Abstract This study explored social and environmental determinants of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) in cancer survivors (CS) residing in Central Pennsylvania, a largely rural region. Rural CS completed questionnaires assessing LTPA, social support (SS) for LTPA, home and neighborhood environments for LTPA. Logistic regression models were used to assess associations with being active/inactive. Participants (n=219) were categorized as mature survivors (<75 years, 80.7%) or elderly survivors (>=75 years, 19.3%). Only 28.2% of elderly survivors reported meeting LTPA guidelines compared to 45.6% of mature survivors. Survivors reporting SS for LTPA were 10% more likely to active than those who did not have SS (OR=1.1, CI 1-1.1). Mature survivors that reported environmental support (home: OR=1.2: CI 1-1.3; neighborhood: OR=1.8, CI: 1-3.2) were more likely to be active than those without strong environmental support. Creating more supportive environments to foster LTPA in elderly survivors in rural areas is a key priority for future research.

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Maternal coffee intake and the risk of threatened abortion

10.21203/rs.2.11601/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Hansol Choi ◽

Seul Koo ◽

Hyun-Young Park

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

Coffee Consumption ◽

Caffeine Intake ◽

Consumption Pattern ◽

Coffee Intake ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Coffee Drinking ◽

Before And After ◽

Threatened Abortion

Abstract Background Maternal caffeine intake has an effect on fetal growth through cross the placenta freely. The objective of this study is to examine the association of pre-pregnancy coffee consumption pattern with the risk of threatened abortion. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was conducted for a total of 4,111 pregnant women who completed baseline examination for the Korean Pregnancy Outcome Study between 2013 and 2017. Coffee consumption pattern before pregnancy was measured by a questionnaire. The frequency of coffee consumption was divided into seldom (<1 cup/week), light (<1 cup/day), moderate (1 cup/day), and heavy coffee drinkers (≥2 cups/day). Threatened abortion was defined as the occurrence of vaginal bleeding in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Multiple logistic regression models were applied to examine the association between pre-pregnancy coffee consumption and the risk of threatened abortion, after adjusting for age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, smoking, drinking, physical activity before and after pregnancy, stress level, history of depression, and reproductive information. Results Women with heavy coffee drinking were at increased odds for having threatened abortion in unadjusted model (odds ratio [OR], 1.271; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.008 to 1.602). Compared to women with seldom coffee drinkers, the fully adjusted ORs for the risk of threatened abortion were significant in moderate (OR, 1.420; 95% CI, 1.001 to 2.014) and heavy coffee drinkers (OR, 1.750; 95% CI, 1.156 to 2.651). Conclusions Heavy coffee drinking was independently associated with a higher risk of threatened abortion among Korean pregnant women.

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Impact of Physical Activity and Lifestyle in Pre-infection on the Susceptibility and Prognosis of Infects With COVID-19

10.21203/rs.3.rs-46730/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Baozhen Huang ◽

Shixi Zhang ◽

Jiuyu Gong ◽

Yanlin Niu ◽

Fengjuan Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Hospital Stay ◽

Regression Models ◽

Moderate Physical Activity ◽

Intensity Level ◽

Moderate Activity ◽

Special Effect ◽

Lifestyle Habits ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Lack Of Sleep

Abstract Background There are very few studies focusing on the relationship between COVID-19 and pre-infection lifestyle. In the absence of effective vaccines and special-effect medicines, it is very meaningful to actively respond to the disease pandemic by improving lifestyle habits. Methods This is a multicenter, retrospective cohort study enrolled 431 adult people including 228 normal people and 203 confirmed infects in Wubei, Henan and Shandong Provinces. Questionnaires were used to collect information on physical activity and lifestyle by competent doctors. The univariate logistic regression models and multiple regression models were used in risk factor analysis. Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to test the correlation. Results Lifestyle habits including exercise, smoking, sleep and physical activity can significantly affect the probability of getting COVID-19(P < 0.05). The MET (Metabolic Equivalent) intensity classification and sleep status are found to be the potential influencing factors of prognosis in both all infects and symptomatic patients. In all infects, taking the high MET intensity level as a reference, inpatient days would increase by 1.812 times (95% CI: 0.887–3.701) with no significance when the level is moderate (P > 0.05) and significantly increase by 6.674 times (95% CI: 1.613–27.613) when the level is low (P < 0.05). Kruskal-Wallis H test results showed moderate activity MET*min promoted shorter hospital stay (P < 0.05) mainly. Conclusions Sleep status and physical activity influenced the susceptibility and prognosis of COVID-19. Lack of sleep and low MET intensity level may prolong the hospital stay, which means a relatively slow recovery. This encourages the public to have moderate physical activity and adequate sleep to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic actively.

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Coffee Consumption, Genetic Polymorphisms, and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pooled Analysis of Four Prospective Cohort Studies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17155379 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (15) ◽

pp. 5379

Author(s):

An Na Kim ◽

Hyun Jeong Cho ◽

Jiyoung Youn ◽

Taiyue Jin ◽

Moonil Kang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Regression Models ◽

Coffee Consumption ◽

Pooled Analysis ◽

Random Effects Model ◽

Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽

Single Nucleotide ◽

Logistic Regression Models

The association between coffee consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes may vary by genetic variants. Our study addresses the question of whether the incidence of type 2 diabetes is related to the consumption of coffee and whether this relationship is modified by polymorphisms related to type 2 diabetes. We performed a pooled analysis of four Korean prospective studies that included 71,527 participants; median follow-up periods ranged between 2 and 13 years. All participants had completed a validated food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) at baseline. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for type 2 diabetes were calculated using logistic regression models. The ORs were combined using a fixed or random effects model depending on the heterogeneity across the studies. Compared with 0 to <0.5 cups/day of coffee consumption, the OR for type 2 diabetes was 0.89 (95% CI: 0.80–0.98, p for trend = 0.01) for ≥3 cups/day of coffee consumption. We did not observe significant interactions by five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to type 2 diabetes (CDKAL1 rs7756992, CDKN2A/B rs10811661, KCNJ11 rs5215, KCNQ1 rs163184, and PEPD rs3786897) in the association between coffee and the risk of type 2 diabetes. We found that coffee consumption was inversely associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Until Death Do Us Part. The Influence of Own and Partner’s Socioeconomic Status on the Health of Spanish Middle-Aged Population

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17134644 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (13) ◽

pp. 4644

Author(s):

Jordi Gumà ◽

Jeroen Spijker

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Regression Models ◽

Population Group ◽

Good Health ◽

The European Union ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Health Differences ◽

Low Educated ◽

Significant Health

Objectives: To explore whether the influence of a partner’s socioeconomic status (SES) on health has an additive or a combined effect with the ego’s SES. Methods: With data on 4533 middle-aged (30–59) different-sex couples from the 2012 Spanish sample of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) survey, we apply separate sex-specific logistic regression models to calculate predicted probabilities of having less than good self-perceived health according to individual and partner’s characteristics separately and combined. Results: Both approaches led to similar results: Having a partner with better SES reduces the probabilities of not having good health. However, the combined approach is more precise in disentangling SES effects. For instance, having a higher educated partner only benefits health among Spanish low-educated men, while men’s health is worse if they have a working spouse. Conversely, women’s health is positively influenced if at least one couple member is economically active. Conclusions: There are significant health differences between individuals according to their own and their partner’s SES in an apparently advantageous population group (i.e., individuals living with a partner). The combinative approach permits obtaining more precise couple-specific SES profiles.

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Aplicación de modelos de regresión logística en metodología observacional: modalidades de competición en la iniciación al fútbol.

Anales de Psicología ◽

10.6018/analesps.32.1.186951 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 288 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Daniel Lapresa ◽

Javier Arana ◽

M.Teresa Anguera ◽

J.Ignacio Pérez-Castellanos ◽

Mario Amatria

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Regression Model ◽

Regression Models ◽

Logistic Regression Model ◽

Multiple Logistic Regression ◽

Observational Methodology ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Game Format ◽

Simple Logistic

This study shows how simple and multiple logistic regression can be used in observational methodology and more specifically, in the fields of physical activity and sport. We demonstrate this in a study designed to determine whether three-a-side futsal or five-a-side futsal is more suited to the needs and potential of children aged 6-to-8 years. We constructed a multiple logistic regression model to analyze use of space (depth of play) and three simple logistic regression models to determine which game format is more likely to potentiate effective technical and tactical performance.

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Cultural Links to Adolescent Weapon Carrying and Weapon Use

International Criminal Justice Review ◽

10.1177/1057567717723431 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 118-135

Author(s):

Lacey N. Wallace

Keyword(s):

Regression Models ◽

Age Of Onset ◽

Self Report ◽

Future Research ◽

Weapon Carrying ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Ordered Logistic Regression ◽

Contextual Determinants ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Cross National

Although existing cross-cultural studies of adolescence have focused on topics including fighting, bullying, and gangs, little cross-national research has centered on weapon carrying. However, weapon carrying among youth has been identified as a worldwide concern, with significant variation by nation and region. This variation is not well understood. This article investigates the nation-level cultural and contextual determinants of adolescent weapon carrying, specifically focusing on human development, governmental corruption, and a nation’s orientation toward violence. Data are drawn from 27 countries in the International Self-Report Delinquency Study, Wave Two. Analyses use multilevel logistic and ordered logistic regression models to assess associations with weapon carrying frequency, likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends, and age of weapon carrying onset. Results show that residing in a nation with less corruption is associated with a decrease in weapon carrying frequency, a later age of onset, and a lower likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends. Mixed results were found for interactions with a nation’s orientation toward violence. Possible explanations for these results, practical implications, and directions for future research are discussed.

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Coffee Consumption and Circulating B-Vitamins in Healthy Middle-Aged Men and Women

Clinical Chemistry ◽

10.1373/clinchem.2008.103465 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 54 (9) ◽

pp. 1489-1496 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Arve Ulvik ◽

Stein Emil Vollset ◽

Geir Hoff ◽

Per Magne Ueland

Keyword(s):

Pyridoxal Phosphate ◽

Smoking Status ◽

Plasma Concentrations ◽

Coffee Consumption ◽

Progressive Increase ◽

B Vitamins ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Coffee Intake ◽

Men And Women ◽

B Vitamin

Abstract Background: Coffee consumption has been associated with several risk factors for coronary heart disease, including increased cholesterol, increased blood pressure, and increased plasma total homocysteine (tHcy). tHcy is determined by several B-vitamins. However, reports about the association between coffee intake and B-vitamin status are few. Methods: We measured plasma B-vitamins and tHcy in a cohort of 10 601 healthy, middle-aged Norwegian men and women. Information about lifestyle factors, including coffee consumption, smoking, alcohol use, height, and weight, was obtained by interview. Results: Coffee consumption was dose-dependently associated with reduced plasma B-vitamin concentrations. Compared with coffee abstainers, individuals drinking ≥4 cups/day had 11.7% (P < 0.001), 14.1% (P < 0.001), and 5.5% (P = 0.01) lower plasma concentrations of folate, pyridoxal phosphate, and riboflavin, respectively, and the mean tHcy concentration was 6.8% (P < 0.001) higher. Quantile regression analysis showed essentially no difference in B-vitamin concentrations between coffee consumption categories at low vitamin concentrations but a progressive increase in the difference at higher concentrations. This pattern of differences (effect profile) was found independently of smoking status, alcohol intake, and sex. The decrease in folate explained approximately half of the increase in tHcy. Conclusions: Coffee consumption was associated with reduced circulating B-vitamin concentrations. The observed effect profiles indicated that coffee consumption preferentially affected the upper, but not the lower, part of the B-vitamin concentration distributions. We hypothesize that coffee consumption may increase the loss of surplus B-vitamins by excretion in urine.

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Home-Based Physical Activity Programs for Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Summary of Empirical Research

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity ◽

10.1123/japa.9.s1.s38 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 9 (s1) ◽

pp. S38-S58 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Audie A. Atienza

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Older Adults ◽

Strength Training ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Future Research ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Research Gaps ◽

The Public ◽

Home Based ◽

Physical Activity Programs

Despite the well-documented health benefits of regular physical activity, a substantial number of middle-aged and older adults remain sedentary. As many older adults prefer to engage in physical activity on their own, rather than in a group or faci lity, home-based physical activity represents a promising modality for improving the health of the public at large. This paper reviews the empirical research on home-based physical activity programs designed for middle-aged and older adults. Results of aerobic and strength training home-based physical activity studies are summarized for both middle-aged and older community-residing adult and patient populations. Research gaps in the home-based physical activity literature are delineated, along with some of the barriers to filling those gaps. Finally, recommendations are offered for future research on and development of home-based physical activity programs.

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Trends in Covid-19 hospital mortality in women and men

10.1101/2021.09.06.21263166 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Luis Ayerbe ◽

Carlos Risco-Risco ◽

Diego Martinez-Urbistondo ◽

Maria Elena Caro-Tinoco ◽

Salma Ayis

Keyword(s):

Regression Models ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Future Research ◽

Mortality Data ◽

First Year ◽

Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽

Medical Outcomes ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

Time Of Admission

Introduction: It remains unclear if the development of health services, clinical management, and scientific evidence, during the pandemic is associated with better medical outcomes, sustained in the long term, for Covid-19 patients of each gender. This study presents the trends in mortality associated with Covid-19 for women and men during the first year of the pandemic. Methods: This study was based in 17 Spanish hospitals. Sociodemographic, clinical, and mortality data from all patients with Covid-19, who had been discharged alive, or had died after being admitted, between March 2020 and February 2021, were used. The association between time of admission and mortality was examined with multivariate logistic regression models. Results: 3390 Covid-19 patients were included in the study, of which 1330 were women, the age was M(SD): 66.55(16.55) Death was reported for 451 patients. There was a significant decreasing trend in mortality by time of admission for the whole year with an OR: 0.86(0.77-0.96) p=0.005. No significant trend in mortality for women was observed OR: 1.00(0.85-1.19) p=0.959, while there was a significant decreasing trend for men OR: 0.78 (0.68-0.90) p=0.001 Discussion: The health policies put in place, the scientific evidence developed by researchers, and the experienced acquired by clinicians, are likely to explain this improvement in mortality. More epidemiological and clinical studies addressing trends of mortality in patients with different sociodemographic and clinical profile and the improvement of clinical outcomes are required. Future research may address the safety and efficacy of interventions specifically in female patients.

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