Association between migration and physical activity among medical students from a university located in Lima, Peru.
PLoS One
; 14(2): e0212009, 2019.
Article
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| ID: mdl-30811427
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the association between migration and physical activity among medical students from a university located in Lima, Peru.METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was conducted among second-year medical students from a Peruvian university. Data on moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and migration features were obtained through a self-report questionnaire. To assess the associations of interest, prevalence ratios (PR) along with their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated using Poisson regression with robust variances.RESULTS:
We analyzed data from 312 students (54.5% were women, mean age 19.0 years, standard deviation 1.4 years), 90 (28.9%) students performed MVPA for ≥150 minutes/week, 118 (37.8%) performed MVPA for ≤30 minutes/week, and 114 (36.7%) were migrants. Being a migrant was not associated with performing MVPA for ≤30 nor ≥150 minutes/week. However, adjusted analysis showed that the frequency of performing MVPA for ≤30 minutes/week was greater among those who migrated less than five years ago (PR 1.43; 95% CI 1.05-1.93) and among those who migrated to continue their studies (PR 1.44; 95% CI 1.06-1.94), compared to non-migrants.CONCLUSION:
In our population, being a migrant was not associated with physical activity. However, low physical activity was more prevalent among recent migrants and among those who had migrated to study, compared to non-migrants.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Emigrantes e Imigrantes
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Comportamento Sedentário
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
En
Revista:
PLoS One
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIA
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MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Peru