TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of Walking and Running on the Heel bone: the Adventist Health Study-2.
AU - Lousuebsakul-Matthews, Vichuda
AU - Thorpe, Donna L.
AU - Knutsen, Raymond
AU - Beeson, W. Larry
AU - Fraser, Gary E.
AU - Knutsen, Synnove F.
N1 - Keywords: Physical activity, musculoskeletal health, exercise, broadband ultrasound attenuation Subjects were enrollees in the Adventist Health Study 2 (AHS-2), a large National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded cohort study investigating the relationship between lifestyle factors and several disease outcomes.
PY - 2015/5
Y1 - 2015/5
N2 - AIMS: Physical activity is well recognized for its bone health benefit. We examined the benefit of walk/run/jog on bone health using broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) of the calcaneus.METHODOLOGY: Caucasian and African American males (n=593) and females (n=1,106) had their calcaneal BUA measured two years later after enrollment into the AHS-2. The association between calcaneal BUA (dB/Mhz) and the distance of walk/run/ jog level per week (miles) was assessed using multiple linear regression.RESULTS: In a multivariable model adjusted for important covariates, BUA was positively associated with BMI (
P < .001), total calcium intake (
P =0.31), total protein intake (
P =0.38) and inversely associated with age (
P < .001) and smoking (
P < .05). Compared to women who did not walk/ run/ jog, women walking 10 or more miles per week had an increase in BUA by 4.08 (dB/Mhz) (
P
trend=0.03). Similarly, compared to men who did not walk/ run/ jog, men walking 10 or more miles per week had an increase in BUA by 5.97 (dB/Mhz) (
P
trend=0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that BUA is positively associated with walk/ run/jog after accounting for age, BMI, smoking status, calcium intake, protein intake and estrogen usage.
AB - AIMS: Physical activity is well recognized for its bone health benefit. We examined the benefit of walk/run/jog on bone health using broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) of the calcaneus.METHODOLOGY: Caucasian and African American males (n=593) and females (n=1,106) had their calcaneal BUA measured two years later after enrollment into the AHS-2. The association between calcaneal BUA (dB/Mhz) and the distance of walk/run/ jog level per week (miles) was assessed using multiple linear regression.RESULTS: In a multivariable model adjusted for important covariates, BUA was positively associated with BMI (
P < .001), total calcium intake (
P =0.31), total protein intake (
P =0.38) and inversely associated with age (
P < .001) and smoking (
P < .05). Compared to women who did not walk/ run/ jog, women walking 10 or more miles per week had an increase in BUA by 4.08 (dB/Mhz) (
P
trend=0.03). Similarly, compared to men who did not walk/ run/ jog, men walking 10 or more miles per week had an increase in BUA by 5.97 (dB/Mhz) (
P
trend=0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that BUA is positively associated with walk/ run/jog after accounting for age, BMI, smoking status, calcium intake, protein intake and estrogen usage.
KW - Physical activity
KW - musculoskeletal health
KW - exercise
KW - broadband ultrasound attenuation
UR - https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6366637/
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366637/
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/56e81dcc-f831-3469-9e82-af3614366ad9/
U2 - 10.9734/JSRR/2015/17962
DO - 10.9734/JSRR/2015/17962
M3 - Article
C2 - 30740466
VL - 7
SP - 165
EP - 177
JO - Journal of Scientific Research and Reports
JF - Journal of Scientific Research and Reports
IS - 3
ER -