Future hospital care in a population-based series of twin pairs discordant for physical activity behavior

Bibliographic Data

ID11024200
AuthorsUrho M Kujala (0000-0002-9262-1992, University of Helsinki), Jaakko Kaprio (0000-0002-3716-2455), Sarna (0000-0003-3458-1627), S Sarna, M Koskenvuo (0000-0002-3796-0991)
Year1999
Volume89
Issue12
Pages1869-1872
Publication date1999-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.89.12.1869
PMID10589321
OpenAlexW2042071781
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the association between physical activity behavior and morbidity, taking into account genetic selection. METHODS: Hospitalizations were followed from the beginning of 1977 to the end of 1986 in 710 same-sex healthy twin pairs discordant for leisure-time physical activity and in 151 pairs discordant for all physical activity at base-line in 1975. RESULTS: During the follow-up, among twin pairs discordant for leisure activity, the active member spent, on average, 43% fewer days in the hospital than the inactive member; the corresponding percentage was 55% among pairs discordant for all activity. CONCLUSIONS: Physically inactive behavior is associated with increased need for hospital treatments, even after genetic and other confounding factors are taken into account

Association (psychology) · Biology · Confounding · Environmental health · Heritability · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Population · Twin study · Demography · Genetics · Genetics and Physical Performance · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Gerontology

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