Physical Activity, Body Composition, and Cardiometabolic Health during Pregnancy: A Compositional Data ApproachShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, ISSN 0195-9131, E-ISSN 1530-0315, Vol. 54, no 12, p. 2054-2063Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of 24-h movement behaviors (sleep, sedentary behavior (SB), light physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)) with body composition and cardiometabolic health in i) early and ii) late pregnancy (gestational weeks 14 and 37). Methods: This observational study utilized cross-sectional (n = 273) and longitudinal data (n = 242) from the HealthyMoms trial. Time spent in movement behaviors over seven consecutive 24-h periods (ActiGraph wGT3x-BT accelerometer), body composition (Bod Pod), and cardiometabolic health indicators (glucose levels, homeostatic model for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, metabolic syndrome (MetS) score) were measured in early and late pregnancy. Results: In early pregnancy, reallocating time to MVPA from LPA, SB, and sleep was associated with lower MetS score (adjusted gamma = -0.343, P = 0.002). Correspondingly, reallocating time to LPA from SB and sleep in early pregnancy was associated with lower body weight (adjusted gamma = -5.959, P = 0.047) and HOMA-IR (adjusted gamma = -0.557, P = 0.031) at the same time point. Furthermore, reallocating time to LPA from SB and sleep in early pregnancy was associated with lower fat mass index (adjusted gamma = -0.668, P = 0.028), glucose levels (adjusted gamma = -0.315, P = 0.006), HOMA-IR (adjusted gamma = -0.779, P = 0.004), and MetS score (adjusted gamma = -0.470, P = 0.027) in late pregnancy. The changes in behaviors throughout pregnancy were not associated with body weight, body composition, and MetS score in late pregnancy. Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that increasing LPA or MVPA while reducing SB and sleep was associated with lower weight and more favorable cardiometabolic health in early pregnancy. In contrast, LPA in early pregnancy seems to be a stimulus of enough intensity to improve body composition and cardiometabolic health indicators in late pregnancy.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS , 2022. Vol. 54, no 12, p. 2054-2063
Keywords [en]
COMPOSITIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; ACCELEROMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; BODY FATNESS; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; GESTATION
National Category
Nutrition and Dietetics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-190327DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002996ISI: 000885272500008PubMedID: 36069838OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-190327DiVA, id: diva2:1716250
Note
Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Counci [2016-01147]; Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) [2017-00088, 2018-01410]; Bo and Vera Ax:son Johnsons Foundation; Strategic Research Area Health Care Science, Karolinska Institutet/Umea University; Swedish Society of Medicine; Karolinska Institutet; Lions Forskningsfond; ALF Grants, Region OEstergoetland [LIO-893101, LIO-941191 M. L]
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