Bibliographic citations
García, D., Silva, L. (2017). Asociación de factores comunitarios y la actividad física en adolescentes de 14-15 años en Perú e India [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/621862
García, D., Silva, L. Asociación de factores comunitarios y la actividad física en adolescentes de 14-15 años en Perú e India [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/621862
@misc{renati/365601,
title = "Asociación de factores comunitarios y la actividad física en adolescentes de 14-15 años en Perú e India",
author = "Silva Salazar, Luis Renato",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2017"
}
Background: Physical inactivity is present in 80.3% of 13-15 year old teenagers. Few studies have evaluated the effects of community variables on physical activity. Our research evaluates such association in teenagers from developing countries. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional, analytical, multi-level study; a secondary analysis of the Young Lives cohort, in Peru and India. Physical activity was measured as the self-reported number of days per week that it was performed for at least 60 minutes. A community authority self-reported the presence of air pollution (due to industrial activity), robbery, gangs, drug addicts, and recreational areas. We calculated crude and adjusted exponential regression coefficient (IRR and aIRR), with 95% confidence interval (95%CI) through Poisson family mixed regression models. Results: 1494 participants were included (575 Peruvian, 919 Indian). 50,5% were male; with a median age of 14.9 (Interquartile range [RIC]: 0,6) years. The number of physical activity days in Peruvian participants that lived in communities that reported air pollution (due to industrial activity), was 35% less than the number of those who lived in communities that did not report such a problem (aIRR: 0.65; 95%CI: 0.45-0.93). The number of physical activity days of participants in Indian communities with gangs and recreational areas was 51% (aIRR: 1.51; 95%CI: 1.05-2.18) and 23% (aIRR: 1.25; 95%CI: 1.05-1.48) higher than the ones who did not report these characteristics, respectively. Conclusions: Presence of air pollution due to industrial activity was negatively associated to physical activity in Peruvian population. Presence of gangs and sport courts was positively associated to physical activity in Indian population.
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