Key result
Subjects in the highest vs lowest tertiles of brachial and femoral compliance at age 36 spent more time in vigorous physical activity (+21.2 [95% CI 2.0-40.4] and +24.4 [95% CI 5.0-43.8] min/week).
Why the study?
Does lifetime habitual physical activity improve peripheral arterial compliance in young adults?
Population
373 young adults from the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study, assessed at age 36 years with…
Comparison
Lifetime vigorous habitual physical activity (HPA) vs Lower levels of vigorous HPA or…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
23 years (between ages 13 and 36 years)
Authors
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Vigorous activity may support better peripheral compliance in young adults; extends carotid data but remains hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cohort (n=373)
Does lifetime habitual physical activity improve peripheral arterial compliance in young adults?
Mean Difference: 21.2 (95% CI 2–40.4)
Lifetime vigorous, but not light-to-moderate, habitual physical activity is favorably associated with brachial and femoral arterial compliance in young adults.
Laar et al. (2010) conducted a cohort in Healthy young adults (n=373). Habitual physical activity vs. Lowest tertile of arterial compliance was evaluated on Time spent in habitual physical activities across tertiles of brachial and femoral compliance (MD +21.2, 95% CI 2.0-40.4). Subjects in the highest vs lowest tertiles of brachial and femoral compliance at age 36 spent more time in vigorous physical activity (+21.2 [95% CI 2.0-40.4] and +24.4 [95% CI 5.0-43.8] min/week).
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