Browsing Brage NIH by Author "Brage, Søren"
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A mixed ecologic-cohort comparison of physical activity & weight among young adults from five populations of African origin
Luke, Amy; Bovet, Pascal; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Forrester, Terrence E.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Schoeller, Dale A.; Dugas, Lara R.; Durazo-arvizu, Ramon A.; Shoham, David A.; Cao, Guichan; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf; Cooper, Richard S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-24)Background: Examination of patterns and intensity of physical activity (PA) across cultures where obesity prevalence varies widely provides insight into one aspect of the ongoing epidemiologic transition. The primary ... -
A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires
Helmerhorst, Henrik J. F.; Brage, Søren; Warren, Janet; Besson, Herve; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-08-31)Physical inactivity is one of the four leading risk factors for global mortality. Accurate measurement of physical activity (PA) and in particular by physical activity questionnaires (PAQs) remains a challenge. The aim of ... -
Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations
Dugas, Lara R.; Kliethermes, Stephanie; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Tong, Liping; Bovet, Pascal; Forrester, Terrence E.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Schoeller, Dale A.; Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A.; Shoham, David A.; Cao, Guichan; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf; Cooper, Richard S.; Luke, Amy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-19)Background. Increasing population-levels of physical activity (PA) is a controversial strategy for managing the obesity epidemic, given the conflicting evidence for weight loss from PA alone per se. We measured PA and ... -
Are self-report measures able to define individuals as physically active or inactive?
Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; Hendriksen, Ingrid; Donnelly, Alan; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02)Purpose: Assess the agreement between commonly used self-report methods compared with objectively measured physical activity (PA) in defining the prevalence of individuals compliant with PA recommendations. Methods: Time ... -
Association between objectively assessed sedentary time and physical activity with metabolic risk factors among people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes
Cooper, Andrew J. M.; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Griffin, Simon J.; Simmons, Rebecca K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-03)Aims/hypothesis: The aim of our study was to examine the associations between sedentary time (SED-time), time spent in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA), total physical activity energy expenditure ... -
Associations of physical activity and sedentary time with body composition in Brazilian young adults
da Silva, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro; da Silva, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Ong, Ken K.; de Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella; Lima, Natália Peixoto; da Silva, Shana Ginar; de Franca, Giovanny V. Araújo; Horta, Bernardo Lessa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The findings of studies on the association between physical activity and adiposity are not consistent, and most are cross-sectional and used only self-reported measures. The aims of this study were to evaluate: 1) independent ... -
Associations of physical activity, sedentary time, and cardiorespiratory fitness with heart rate variability in 6- to 9-year-old children: the PANIC study
Veijalainen, Aapo; Haapala, Eero A.; Väistö, Juuso; Leppänen, Marja H.; Lintu, Niina; Tompuri, Tuomo; Seppälä, Santeri; Ekelund, Ulf; Tarvainen, Mika P.; Westgate, Kate; Brage, Søren; Lakka, Timo A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: To study the associations of physical activity (PA), sedentary time (ST), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with heart rate variability (HRV) in children. Methods: The participants were a population sample of ... -
Built environment and physical activity: Domain- and activity-specific associations among Brazilian adolescents
da Sliva, Inacio C. M.; Hino, Adriano Akira; Lopes, Adalberto; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Goncalves, Helen; Menezes, Ana; Reis, Rodriogo S.; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-03)Background: Physical activity is likely to be determined as a complex interplay between personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors. Studying the built environment involves expanding the focus from the individual ... -
Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment using risk-stratified exercise testing and dose–response relationships with disease outcomes
Gonzales, Tomas I.; Westgate, Kate; Strain, Tessa; Hollidge, Stefanie; Jeon, Justin; Christensen, Dirk L.; Jensen, Jørgen; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Brage, Søren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with mortality and cardiovascular disease, but assessing CRF in the population is challenging. Here we develop and validate a novel framework to estimate CRF (as maximal oxygen ... -
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity, and Insulin Resistance in Children
Haapala, Eero A.; Wiklund, Petri; Lintu, Niina; Tompuri, Tuomo; Väistö, Juuso; Finni, Taija; Tarkka, Ina M.; Kemppainen, Titta; Barker, Alan R.; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Lakka, Timo A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: Few studies have investigated the independent and joint associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and body fat percentage (BF%) with insulin resistance in children. We investigated the independent and combined ... -
Combined influence of epoch length, cut-point and bout duration on accelerometry-derived physical activity
Orme, Mark; Wijndaele, Katrien; Sharp, Stephen J.; Westgate, Kate; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-10)Background: It is difficult to compare accelerometer-derived estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) between studies due to differences in data processing procedures. We aimed to evaluate the effects of ... -
Comparison of equations for predicting energy expenditure from accelerometer counts in children
Nilsson, Andreas; Brage, Søren; Riddoch, Chris J.; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Wedderkopp, Niels; Andersen, Lars Bo; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-01-14)Several prediction equations developed to convert body movement measured by accelerometry into energy expenditure have been published. The aim of this study was to examine the degree of agreement between three different ... -
Comparison of the EPIC physical activity questionnaire with combined heart rate and movement sensing in a nationally representative sample of older British adults
España-Romero, Vanesa; Golubic, Rajna; Martin, Kathryn R.; Hardy, Rebecca; Ekelund, Ulf; Kuh, Diana; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Cooper, Rachel; Brage, Søren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-06)Objectives: To compare physical activity (PA) subcomponents from EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPAQ2) and combined heart rate and movement sensing in older adults. Methods: Participants aged 60–64y from the MRC ... -
Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries
Dugas, Lara R.; Bovet, Pascal; Forrester, Terrence E.; Lambert, Estelle V.; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A.; Shoham, David; Kroff, Jacolene; Cao, Guichan; Cooper, Richard S.; Brage, Søren; Ekelund, Ulf; Luke, Amy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-27)This difference in how populations living in low-, middle or upper-income countries accumulate daily PA, i.e. patterns and intensity, is an important part in addressing the global PA movement. We sought to characterize ... -
Cross-Sectional Associations of Objectively-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time with Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Mid-Childhood: The PANIC Study
Collings, Paul J.; Westgate, Kate; Väistö, Juuso; Wijndaele, Katrien; Atkin, Andrew J.; Haapala, Eero A.; Lintu, Niina; Laitinen, Tomi; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Lakka, Timo A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08-24)Background: The minimum intensity of physical activity (PA) that is associated with favourable body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) remains unknown. Objective: To investigate cross-sectional associations ... -
Cross-sectional study of ethnic differences in physical fitness among children of South Asian, black African–Caribbean and white European origin: the Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE)
Nightingale, C. M.; Donin, A. S.; Kerry, S. R.; Owen, C. G.; Rudnicka, Alicja R.; Brage, Søren; Westgate, Kate L.; Ekelund, Ulf; Cook, Derek G.; Whincup, Peter H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Objective: Little is known about levels of physical fitness in children from different ethnic groups in the UK. We therefore studied physical fitness in UK children (aged 9–10 years) of South Asian, black African–Caribbean ... -
Do physical activity and aerobic fitness moderate the association between birth weight and metabolic risk in youth?: the European youth heart study
Ridgway, Charlotte L.; Brage, Søren; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-10-04)OBJECTIVE: Lower birth weight has been associated with a greater risk of metabolic diseases. The aim of this study was examine whether physical activity and aerobic fitness may modify associations between birth weigh and ... -
Does birth weight influence physical activity in youth? a combined analysis of four studies using objectively measured physical activity
Ridgway, Charlotte L.; Brage, Søren; Sharp, Stephen J.; Corder, Kirsten; Westgate, Kate; van Sluijs, Esther M. F.; Goodyer, Ian M.; Hallal, Pedro C.; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Sardinha, Luis B.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Ekelund, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-01-12)Animal models suggest growth restriction in utero leads to lower levels of motor activity. Furthermore, individuals with very low birth weight report lower levels of physical activity as adults. The aim of this study was ... -
Estimation of free-living energy expenditure by heart rate and movement sensing: a doubly-labelled water study.
Brage, Søren; Westgate, Kate; Franks, Paul W.; Stegle, Oliver; Wright, Antony; Ekelund, Ulf; Wareham, Nicholas J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-08)Background: Accurate assessment of energy expenditure (EE) is important for the study of energy balance and metabolic disorders. Combined heart rate (HR) and acceleration (ACC) sensing may increase precision of physical ... -
Examining the causal association of fasting glucose with blood pressure in healthy children and adolescents: a Mendelian randomization study employing common genetic variants of fasting glucose
Goharian, T. S.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Franks, Paul W,; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Brage, Søren; Veidebaum, T.; Ekelund, Ulf; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Grøntved, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-31)The aim of the study was to determine whether genetically raised fasting glucose (FG) levels are associated with blood pressure (BP) in healthy children and adolescents. We used 11 common genetic variants of FG discovered ...