University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, College of Nursing, 1921 E. Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States.
California Baptist University, Department of Kinesiology, Riverside, CA 92504, United States.
Complement Ther Med. 2019 Jun;44:123-128. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.04.006. Epub 2019 Apr 8.
To examine and compare the demographic, health behavior, and cardiometabolic risk factor characteristics of participants who report 1) participating in yoga, 2) not participating yoga, or 3) are inactive, using a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults.
Study participants were from the 1999-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) who self-reported participation in yoga (n = 74), no-yoga (n = 3,753) or were inactive (n = 1,285). Participants in the no-yoga group did engage in other types of physical activity, while the inactive group reported no activity during the survey period.
Yoga participants were primarily female (80.7%), college educated (51.9%), mostly non-smokers (46.9%), and reported moderate alcohol consumption (72.1%). Yoga participants were found to be significantly less likely to have an elevated waist circumference (OR = 0.40, p < 0.01; OR = 0.30, p < 0.01), and a low HDL (OR = 0.43, p = 0.03; OR = 0.34, p < 0.05) compared to both non-yoga participants and inactive individuals, respectively. Yoga participants were 61% less likely to have elevated blood glucose compared to non-yoga participants (OR = 0.39, p < 0.05). Compared to inactive individuals, yoga participants were 52% (OR = 0.48, p < 0.05) and 66% (OR = 0.34, p < 0.05) less likely have an elevated body mass index and have elevated triglyceride levels, respectively.
Given the emergence of yoga as a common form of physical activity, it is imperative to understand the characteristics of those who participate in yoga to further understand its relationship with cardiovascular risk. This study was one of the first to use nationally-representative data and objectively measured cardiometabolic variables. Key Words: complementary medicine, epidemiology, survey, population, physical activity, cardiovascular disease.
利用美国成年人的全国代表性样本，检查和比较报告 1）参加瑜伽、2）不参加瑜伽或 3）不活动的参与者在人口统计学、健康行为和心血管代谢风险因素特征方面的差异。
研究参与者来自于 1999-2006 年全国健康和营养调查（NHANES），他们自我报告参加了瑜伽（n=74）、不参加瑜伽（n=3753）或不活动（n=1285）。不参加瑜伽的参与者确实参加了其他类型的体育活动，而不活动组在调查期间报告没有任何活动。
瑜伽参与者主要为女性（80.7%）、受过大学教育（51.9%）、多数不吸烟（46.9%），且报告适度饮酒（72.1%）。与非瑜伽参与者和不活动个体相比，瑜伽参与者的腰围增大（OR=0.40，p<0.01；OR=0.30，p<0.01）和低高密度脂蛋白（OR=0.43，p=0.03；OR=0.34，p<0.05）的可能性显著较低。与非瑜伽参与者相比，瑜伽参与者的血糖升高的可能性低 61%（OR=0.39，p<0.05）。与不活动个体相比，瑜伽参与者的身体质量指数升高（OR=0.48，p<0.05）和甘油三酯水平升高（OR=0.34，p<0.05）的可能性分别低 52%和 66%。
鉴于瑜伽作为一种常见的体育活动形式的出现，了解参加瑜伽的人的特征对于进一步了解其与心血管风险的关系至关重要。本研究是首次使用全国代表性数据和客观测量的心血管代谢变量的研究之一。
补充医学、流行病学、调查、人群、体力活动、心血管疾病。
