Situation Of Physical Activity And Sedentary Time In Licang District Of Qingdao City And Its Correlation With Health Status

Objective: To understand the status of physical activity and sedentary behavior of adults over 35 years old in Licang district,Qingdao.To investigate relevant factor of physical activity and sedentary time and to analysis the correlation of physical activity and sedentary behavior and health status.Methods: Subjects were selected using multi-stage and stratified sampling method.A total of 6000 subjects were selected.The information of demographic information,lifestyle,history of main chronic disease,physical indicators were obtined through the baseline survey.Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression models were used to analyze the influencing factors of physical activity level and sedentary behavior.Multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the correlation of physical activity level and sedentary time with waist circumference,BMI,blood pressure and blood glucose.SPSS 18.0 software was used for statistical analysis.Results: A total of 5966 adults over 35 years of age were successfully investigated.The average physical activity was(18.0 ± 11.4)MET-h / d.Logistic regression analysis showed that age,high income,administrative and technical staff and home workers,smoking,long sedentary time were risk factors which lead to reduced levels of physical activity.Age,women,administrative and technical staff and home workers,smoking,drinking were risk factors which lead to prolong sedentary time.Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that waist circumference and BMI of male respondents were negatively correlated with physical activity level,and the blood pressure of female respondents was negatively correlated with physical activity level.Waist circumference and BMI were positively correlated with sedentary time,while blood pressure and blood glucose were not correlated with sedentary time.Conclusions:The physical activity level of adults in Qingdao Licang district was low.Elderly,female,executive and professional workers and home workers,smoking and drinking were risk factors which reduced physical activity and prolonged sedentary time.Health education should be carry out to advocacy to increase physical exercise and reduce sedentary time.