Open AccessNonlinear Relationships between Weekly Walking Distance and Adiposity in 27,596 Women
Author(s) -
Paul T. Williams
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/01.mss.0000175860.51204.85
Subject(s) - percentile , waist , overweight , body mass index , medicine , circumference , demography , cross sectional study , bayesian multivariate linear regression , linear regression , mathematics , statistics , geometry , sociology
Data from vigorously active women (runners) suggested that declines in adiposity with weekly running distance were nonlinear and dependent on whether the women are relatively lean or fat. The purpose of the current study is to assess the cross-sectional relationship between the amount of moderate-intensity physical activity (walking distance) and indicators of adiposity.