AIMS: Few studies have described ambulatory activity in free-living individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using motion sensors, and none included a control group. For this reason, our study compared the physical-activity levels of outpatients with T2DM with subjects without diabetes, and examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and physical-activity parameters. METHODS: Physical-activity levels in 70 outpatients with T2DM and 30 age-, gender- and employment-matched individuals without diabetes were measured using the SenseWear Armband™, a monitoring device validated against doubly labelled water, to assess total energy expenditure. Patients wore the SenseWear Armband™ on their right arm continuously every day for 1 week. RESULTS: Total energy expenditure (<300 kcal/day), number of steps (<1500/day), physical-activity duration (<130 min/day) and active energy expenditure/day (<300 kcal) were all significantly lower (P<0.05) in patients with T2DM. These measures were inversely correlated with BMI, and remained significant after adjusting for age, gender, employment status and the presence of diabetes. CONCLUSION: Outpatients with T2DM have lower physical-activity levels than their matched controls, a characteristic that is related to their higher BMI.
AIMS: Few studies have described ambulatory activity in free-living individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using motion sensors, and none included a control group. For this reason, our study compared the physical-activity levels of outpatients with T2DM with subjects without diabetes, and examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and physical-activity parameters. METHODS: Physical-activity levels in 70 outpatients with T2DM and 30 age-, gender- and employment-matched individuals without diabetes were measured using the SenseWear Armband™, a monitoring device validated against doubly labelled water, to assess total energy expenditure. Patients wore the SenseWear Armband™ on their right arm continuously every day for 1 week. RESULTS: Total energy expenditure (<300 kcal/day), number of steps (<1500/day), physical-activity duration (<130 min/day) and active energy expenditure/day (<300 kcal) were all significantly lower (P<0.05) in patients with T2DM. These measures were inversely correlated with BMI, and remained significant after adjusting for age, gender, employment status and the presence of diabetes. CONCLUSION: Outpatients with T2DM have lower physical-activity levels than their matched controls, a characteristic that is related to their higher BMI.
Authors: Helen Sheahan; Kimberley Canning; Nishka Refausse; Ewan M Kinnear; Greg Jorgensen; James R Walsh; Peter A Lazzarini Journal: Int Wound J Date: 2017-07-13 Impact factor: 3.315
Authors: Tomasz Klupa; Michał Możdżan; Janina Kokoszka-Paszkot; Magdalena Kubik; Małgorzata Masierek; Margerita Czerwińska; Maciej T Małecki Journal: Int J Endocrinol Date: 2016-09-14 Impact factor: 3.257