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Activity Levels for Four Years in a Cohort of Urban-Dwelling Adolescent Females.

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PURPOSE:Evidence suggests that female adolescents and those living in urban environments may have lower physical activity (PA) levels compared with their peers. Yet few studies report PA for urban adolescent females, and there is no consensus regarding potential causes for low PA in this subgroup. We examined PA levels, in a large, diverse cohort of 14- to 17-yr-old urban-dwelling females and assessed the effect of socioeconomic, personal, and neighborhood/environmental factors on PA. METHODS:One week of time-stamped step count data were collected on 926 girls from the Pittsburgh Girls Study at four annual visits. Valid recordings (worn at least 10 h on 3+ d) were examined and compared with normalized step count values from a U.S. population-representative sample. Relationships between important covariates and average steps per day were examined with regression models. RESULTS:Adjusted mean ± SD step counts per day at baseline were 5614 ± 2434 after controlling for important covariates with less than 6% of girls achieving at least 10,000 steps per day. The girls from the Pittsburgh Girls Study accrued ~45% of their steps during school hours. Age-specific median step counts per day for study participants were similar to the 25th percentile of U.S. population normalized values and did not significantly change during follow-up. Non-Hispanic African American race/ethnicity was associated with higher average step counts per day; obesity and a recent childbirth were associated with lower average step counts per day. CONCLUSIONS:Step counts in this cohort of urban adolescent girls were considerably lower than expected for U.S. adolescent females. Targeted efforts to improve PA levels in urban youth should consider the importance of school-based activity while increasing PA opportunities outside of school.

journal_name

Med Sci Sports Exerc

journal_title

Medicine and science in sports and exercise

authors

Rockette-Wagner B,Hipwell AE,Kriska AM,Storti KL,McTigue KM

doi

10.1249/MSS.0000000000001152

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-04-01 00:00:00

pages

695-701

issue

eissn

0195-9131

issn

1530-0315

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Activity Levels for Four Years in a Cohort of Urban-Dwelling Adolescent Females.