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Ferrer P, Iglesia I, Muniz-Pardos B, Miguel-Berges ML, Flores-Barrantes P, Gomez-Bruton A, Moreno LA, Rodríguez G. Is it important to achieve physical activity recommendations at early stages of life to improve bone health? Osteoporos Int 2022; 33:1017-1026. [PMID: 34905063 PMCID: PMC9007798 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-021-06256-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Research in bone health during childhood is limited and important to prevent future diseases, particularly, osteoporosis. Bone parameters using DXA and pQCT in 295 Spanish children were evaluated and we found a benefit of meeting the World Health Organization physical activity recommendations in bone composition in childhood. PURPOSE To investigate the association between physical activity (PA) and bone health in a Spanish paediatric cohort, considering the influence of meeting/not meeting the current World Health Organization (WHO) PA recommendations and to elucidate if there are differences between boys and girls. METHODS In a cohort of children born in the region of Aragon (Spain) in 2009, followed until the age of 7 years, bone parameters were assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (whole body scan) and peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) (tibia scanned at the 8% (distal) and 38% (diaphyseal) of the total tibia length) in 295 7-year-old children (154 boys) in the last evaluation performed between 2016 and 2017. PA was assessed using GT3X Actigraph accelerometers. RESULTS Boys had significantly higher areal bone mineral density (aBMD), higher total bone mineral content (BMC) at the diaphyseal site and higher trabecular BMC and vBMD, and higher total bone area at the distal site than girls (p<0.01 for all of them). Both boys and girls complying with the WHO PA recommendations had significantly higher trabecular BMC than their inactive counterparts. CONCLUSIONS Meeting WHO PA recommendations has a beneficial effect in bone composition in childhood both in boys and in girls.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Ferrer
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.
- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.
- Red de Salud Materno Infantil y del Desarrollo (SAMID), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
| | - B Muniz-Pardos
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y el Deporte, Departamento de Fisiatría y Enfermería, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
| | - M L Miguel-Berges
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
| | - P Flores-Barrantes
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
| | - A Gomez-Bruton
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y el Deporte, Departamento de Fisiatría y Enfermería, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
| | - L A Moreno
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029, Madrid, Spain
| | - G Rodríguez
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
- Red de Salud Materno Infantil y del Desarrollo (SAMID), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
- Hospital Clínico Universitario "Lozano Blesa", Zaragoza, España
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