A1 Journal article (refereed)
Associations of parental physical activity trajectories with offspring's physical activity patterns from childhood to middle adulthood : The Young Finns Study (2022)

Yang, X., Kukko, T., Kaseva, K., Biddle, S. J., Rovio, S. P., Pahkala, K., Kulmala, J., Hakonen, H., Hirvensalo, M., Hutri-Kähönen, N., Raitakari, O. T., & Tammelin, T. H. (2022). Associations of parental physical activity trajectories with offspring's physical activity patterns from childhood to middle adulthood : The Young Finns Study. Preventive Medicine, 163, Article 107211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107211

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All authors or editors: Yang, Xiaolin; Kukko, Tuomas; Kaseva, Kaisa; Biddle, Stuart J.H.; Rovio, Suvi P.; Pahkala, Katja; Kulmala, Janne; Hakonen, Harto; Hirvensalo, Mirja; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; et al.

Journal or series: Preventive Medicine

ISSN: 0091-7435

eISSN: 1096-0260

Publication year: 2022

Volume: 163

Article number: 107211

Publisher: Elsevier

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107211

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82847

Abstract

We investigated the association of parental physical activity (PA) trajectories with offspring's youth and adult PA. Self-reported PA data were extracted from the Young Finns Study with three follow-ups for parents between 1980 and 1986 and nine follow-ups for their offspring in youth between 1980 and 2011 (aged 9–39 years, n = 2402) and in adulthood in 2018. Accelerometer-derived PA was quantified in 2018–2020 (aged 43–58 years, n = 1134). Data were analyzed using mixture models and conducted in 2022. We identified three trajectories for fathers and mothers (high-stable activity, 20.2%/16.6%; moderate-stable activity, 50.5%/49.6%; and low-stable activity, 29.4%/33.7%) and four for youth male and female offspring (persistently active, 13.4%/5.1%; increasingly active, 32.1%/43.1%; decreasingly active, 14.4%/12.6%; and persistently low-active, 40.1%/39.1%). Compared to low-stable active parents, high-stable active fathers had a higher probability of having their sons and daughters classified as persistently active, increasingly active, and decreasingly active in youth (Brange = 0.50–1.79, all p < 0.008), while high- and moderate-stable active mothers had significantly increased likelihood of having their daughters classified as persistently active and decreasingly active in youth (Brange = 0.63–1.16, all p < 0.009). Fathers' and mothers' high-stable activity was associated with higher self-reported PA of adult offspring than parental low-stable activity. Persistently active and increasingly active offspring in youth accumulated more adult total PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA, step counts, and self-reported PA than persistently low-active ones (all p < 0.036). Parental persistent PA, particularly paternal persistent PA, predicts offspring's PA concurrently and prospectively. Increasing and maintaining PA in youth predicts higher PA levels in midlife.

Keywords: parents; physical activity; health behaviour; effects (results); predictability; children (age groups); young people; measuring instruments (indicators); pedometers

Free keywords: accelerometer; physical activity; parents; offspring; trajectory

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Reporting Year: 2022

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