Socioeconomic Position and the Tracking of Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness From Childhood to Adulthood
Socioeconomic Position and the Tracking of Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness From Childhood to Adulthood
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DOI：
10.1093/aje/kwp271
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发表时间：
2009-11-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Venn, Alison
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作者：
Cleland, Verity J.;Ball, Kylie;Venn, Alison
本研究探讨了儿童社会经济地位（SEP）和社会流动性对儿童至成年运动和健身追踪的影响。在1985年首次调查的2185名澳大利亚成年人（26-36岁）的前瞻性队列中（年龄为7-15岁），测量了自我报告的身体活动和心肺健康（仅限子样本）。SEP测量包括回顾性报告的父母教育（基线）和自身教育（随访）。很少有证据表明儿童SEP与运动跟踪之间存在关联，但较高的儿童SEP（母亲教育）与持续健身的可能性增加59%相关，中等的儿童SEP（父亲和父母教育）与持续健身的可能性降低33%-36%相关。向上的社会流动性与更可能增加的活动（38%-49%）和健康（90%）相关，而持续高SEP与更可能增加的活动（男性：58%）和健康（男性和女性加起来：89%）相关。总之，从童年到成年，持续高SEP和向上的社会流动性与活动和健康的增加有关。研究结果强调了活动和健身模式的社会经济差异，并表明教育的改善可能是提高体育活动水平和实现健康益处的途径。
This study examined the influence of childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) and social mobility on activity and fitness tracking from childhood into adulthood. In a prospective cohort of 2,185 Australian adults (aged 26-36 years), first examined in 1985 (at ages 7-15 years), self-reported physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness (subsample only) were measured. SEP measures included retrospectively reported parental education (baseline) and own education (follow-up). There was little evidence of a relation between childhood SEP and activity tracking, but high childhood SEP (maternal education) was associated with a 59% increased likelihood of persistent fitness, and medium childhood SEP (paternal and parental education) was associated with a 33%-36% decreased likelihood of persistent fitness. Upward social mobility was associated with a greater likelihood of increasing activity (38%-49%) and fitness (90%), and persistently high SEP was associated with a greater likelihood of increasing activity (males: 58%) and fitness (males and females combined: 89%). In conclusion, persistently high SEP and upward social mobility were associated with increases in activity and fitness from childhood to adulthood. Findings highlight socioeconomic differentials in activity and fitness patterns and suggest that improvements in education may represent a pathway through which physical activity levels can be increased and health benefits achieved.