Jérémy Vanhelst1, Laurent Béghin2, Alain Duhamel3, Yannis Manios4, Denes Molnar5, Sefaan De Henauw6, Luis A Moreno7, Francisco B Ortega8, Michael Sjöström9, Kurt Widhalm10, Frédéric Gottrand11. 1. University of Lille, INSERM, CHU Lille, LIRIC, UMR995, F-59000, Lille, France; CHU Lille, INSERM, CIC-PT-1403, F-59000, Lille, France. Electronic address: jeremy.vanhelst@chru-lille.fr. 2. University of Lille, INSERM, CHU Lille, LIRIC, UMR995, F-59000, Lille, France; CHU Lille, INSERM, CIC-PT-1403, F-59000, Lille, France. 3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Lille, Lille, France. 4. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary. 6. Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 7. Growth, Exercise, Nutrition, and Development Research Group, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza University, Zaragoza, Spain. 8. School of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. 9. Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. 10. Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria. 11. University of Lille, INSERM, CHU Lille, LIRIC, UMR995, F-59000, Lille, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships among physical activity, measured objectively, and attention capacity in European adolescents. STUDY DESIGN: The study included 273 adolescents, aged 12.5-17.5 years, who participated in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Study. Participants wore a uniaxial accelerometer for 7 days to measure physical activity. The d2 Test of Attention was administered to assess attention capacity. Multivariate analyses were used to study the association of attention capacity with each measure of physical activity. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed to determine thresholds that best discriminate between low and good attention capacity. RESULTS: After controlling for potential confounding variables (age, sex, body mass index, parental educational level, fat mass, aerobic fitness, and center), adolescents' attention capacity test performances were significantly and positively associated with longer time spent in moderate or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in free-living conditions (P < .05). Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses revealed that the physical activity thresholds that best discriminated between low/good attention capacities were ≥41 min·day(-1) for moderate, ≥12 min·day(-1) for vigorous, and ≥58 min·day(-1) for MVPA. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that promoting MVPA may be have a beneficial effect on attention capacity, an important component of cognition, in adolescents.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships among physical activity, measured objectively, and attention capacity in European adolescents. STUDY DESIGN: The study included 273 adolescents, aged 12.5-17.5 years, who participated in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Study. Participants wore a uniaxial accelerometer for 7 days to measure physical activity. The d2 Test of Attention was administered to assess attention capacity. Multivariate analyses were used to study the association of attention capacity with each measure of physical activity. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed to determine thresholds that best discriminate between low and good attention capacity. RESULTS: After controlling for potential confounding variables (age, sex, body mass index, parental educational level, fat mass, aerobic fitness, and center), adolescents' attention capacity test performances were significantly and positively associated with longer time spent in moderate or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in free-living conditions (P < .05). Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses revealed that the physical activity thresholds that best discriminated between low/good attention capacities were ≥41 min·day(-1) for moderate, ≥12 min·day(-1) for vigorous, and ≥58 min·day(-1) for MVPA. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that promoting MVPA may be have a beneficial effect on attention capacity, an important component of cognition, in adolescents.
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