Increased Participation in Activities of Daily Living Is Associated With Lower Cholesterol Levels in People With Spinal Cord Injury
Abstract
Hetz SP, Latimer AE, Martin Ginis KA, Buchholz AC, and the SHAPE-SCI Research Group. Increased participation in activities of daily living is associated with lower cholesterol levels in people with spinal cord injury.
Objective
To evaluate the relationships between activities of daily living (ADLs) participation and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in people with spinal cord injury.
Design
Cross-sectional.
Setting
Community, university, hospital.
Participants
Participants (N=75) from the Study of Health and Activity in People With Spinal Cord Injury study (61 men, 14 women).
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures
Physical Activity Recall Assessment for People With Spinal Cord Injury and CHD risk factor assessment including waist circumference, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides.
Results
Using generalized linear models, and controlling for leisure time physical activity and covariates, increased Mobility ADLs (transferring and wheeling) were associated with lower plasma total cholesterol and LDL. No other significant relationships emerged.
Conclusions
Mobility ADLs were associated with lower total cholesterol and LDL. However, neither Total ADLs nor Domestic ADLs were associated with CHD risk. Further investigation is needed to determine causality between Mobility ADLs and CHD risk.
aSchool of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
bDepartment of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
cDepartment of Family Relations and Applied Human Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Correspondence to Amy E. Latimer, PhD, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Physical Education Centre, 69 Union St, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6
Supported by the Canadian Institute for Health Research New Investigator Award (award no. MOP-57778).
No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.
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