Association between chronic diseases, multimorbidity and insufficient physical activity among older adults in southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Roselaine da Silva Gomes Aline Rodrigues Barbosa Vandrize Meneghini Susana Cararo Confortin Eleonora D' Orsi Cassiano Ricardo Rech

Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2021)

This study indicates that the associations were sex-specific. Depressive symptoms and multimorbidity were associated with insufficient physical activity among women, while diabetes was associated with insufficient physical activity among men.

Keyphrases

physical activity
depressive symptoms
body mass index
type diabetes
sleep quality
cardiovascular disease
social support
risk factors
glycemic control
adipose tissue
middle aged
skeletal muscle