TY - JOUR
T1 - Step Count Associations between Adults at Risk of Developing Diabetes and Their Children
T2 - The Feel4Diabetes Study
AU - Feel4Diabetes Study Group
AU - Flores-Barrantes, Paloma
AU - Cardon, Greet
AU - Iglesia, Iris
AU - Moreno, Luis A.
AU - Androutsos, Odysseas
AU - Manios, Yannis
AU - Kivelä, Jemina
AU - Lindström, Jaana
AU - de Craemer, Marieke
AU - Schwarz, Peter
AU - Makrilakis, Konstantinos
AU - Annemans, Lieven
AU - Ko, Winne
AU - Karatzi, Kalliopi
AU - Moschonis, George
AU - Kanellakis, Spyridon
AU - Mavrogianni, Christina
AU - Tsoutsoulopoulou, Konstantina
AU - Katsarou, Christina
AU - Karaglani, Eva
AU - Qira, Irini
AU - Skoufas, Efstathios
AU - Maragkopoulou, Konstantina
AU - Tsiafitsa, Antigone
AU - Sotiropoulou, Irini
AU - Tsolakos, Michalis
AU - Argyri, Effie
AU - Nikolaou, Mary
AU - Vampouli, Eleni-Anna
AU - Filippou, Christina
AU - Apergi, Kyriaki
AU - Filippou, Amalia
AU - Katerina, Gatsiou
AU - Dimitriadis, Efstratios
AU - Laatikainen, Tiina
AU - Wikström, Katja
AU - Valve, P. ivi
AU - Levälahti, Esko
AU - Virtanen, Eeva
AU - Pennanen, Tiina
AU - Olli, Seija
AU - Nelimarkka, Karoliina
AU - van Stappen, Vicky
AU - Huys, Nele
AU - Willems, Ruben
AU - Shadid, Samyah
AU - Timpel, Patrick
AU - Liatis, Stavros
AU - Dafoulas, George
AU - Lambrinou, Christina-Paulina
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Shared risk factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) between parents at risk and their children, such as low physical activity levels, should be addressed to prevent the development of the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the association of objectively measured step counts per day between parents at risk of developing T2DM and their 6- to 10-year-old children. Methods: The baseline data from the Feel4Diabetes study were analyzed. Dyads of children and one parent (n = 250, 54.4% girls and 77.6% mothers) from Belgium were included. Step counts per day during 5 consecutive days from parents and their children were objectively measured with ActiGraph accelerometers. Results: Adjusted linear regression models indicated that parents’ and children’s step counts were significantly associated during all days (β = 0.245), weekdays (β = 0.205), and weekend days (β = 0.316) (P ≤ .002 in all cases). Specifically, mother–daughter associations during all days and weekend days and father–son step counts during weekdays and when considering all days were significant. Conclusion: There is a positive association between step counts from adults at risk of developing T2DM and their children, especially in the mother–daughter and father–son dyads.
AB - Background: Shared risk factors of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) between parents at risk and their children, such as low physical activity levels, should be addressed to prevent the development of the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the association of objectively measured step counts per day between parents at risk of developing T2DM and their 6- to 10-year-old children. Methods: The baseline data from the Feel4Diabetes study were analyzed. Dyads of children and one parent (n = 250, 54.4% girls and 77.6% mothers) from Belgium were included. Step counts per day during 5 consecutive days from parents and their children were objectively measured with ActiGraph accelerometers. Results: Adjusted linear regression models indicated that parents’ and children’s step counts were significantly associated during all days (β = 0.245), weekdays (β = 0.205), and weekend days (β = 0.316) (P ≤ .002 in all cases). Specifically, mother–daughter associations during all days and weekend days and father–son step counts during weekdays and when considering all days were significant. Conclusion: There is a positive association between step counts from adults at risk of developing T2DM and their children, especially in the mother–daughter and father–son dyads.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33714194
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1123/JPAH.2020-0123
DO - https://doi.org/10.1123/JPAH.2020-0123
M3 - Article
C2 - 33714194
SN - 1543-3080
VL - 18
SP - 374
EP - 381
JO - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
JF - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
IS - 4
ER -