Association between diabetes prevalence and weekend warrior activity patterns
Zihao Chen1, Junqiang Jia2, Jiayuan Tu3
1College of Physical Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Public Health
|February 1, 2025
Summary
Engaging in weekend warrior physical activity (WW-PA) or regular activity significantly lowers diabetes prevalence in American adults compared to being inactive. Both patterns offer similar benefits for reducing diabetes risk.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Exercise Science
Background:
- Physical inactivity is a significant risk factor for chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes.
- Understanding different physical activity (PA) patterns, such as the Weekend Warrior (WW) pattern, is crucial for public health interventions.
- The WW pattern involves accumulating recommended PA levels within 1-2 days per week.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between the Weekend Warrior (WW) physical activity pattern and the prevalence of diabetes in American adults.
- To compare the diabetes prevalence associated with the WW pattern against other PA patterns: inactive, insufficiently active, and regularly active.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) spanning 2007-2016.
- Utilized multivariable logistic regression, marginal average population effects (MAPE), subgroup, and sensitivity analyses to assess associations between PA patterns and diabetes prevalence.
- Calculated odds ratios (ORs) and average marginal effects (AMEs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to quantify the relationships.
Main Results:
- Individuals with the WW pattern (OR=0.60, 95% CI: 0.40-0.89) and regularly active pattern (OR=0.69, 95% CI: 0.60-0.80) exhibited significantly lower diabetes prevalence compared to inactive individuals.
- No significant difference in diabetes prevalence was found between insufficiently active individuals and inactive individuals.
- No significant difference in diabetes prevalence was observed between the WW pattern and the regularly active pattern (OR=0.86, 95% CI: 0.56-1.35).
Conclusions:
- Both the Weekend Warrior (WW) and regularly active physical activity patterns are associated with a reduced prevalence of diabetes.
- These findings suggest that accumulating physical activity, even concentrated on weekends, can be effective in lowering diabetes risk.
- Public health recommendations can consider the benefits of achieving PA guidelines through various patterns, including the WW approach.
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