Longitudinal associations between parental and offspring’s leisure-time physical activity: The Young Finns Study

Xiaolin Yang; Tuomas Kukko; Mirja Hirvensalo; Stuart J.H. Biddle; Suvi P. Rovio; Katja Pahkala; Nina Hutri-Kähönen; Olli T. Raitakari; Tuija H. Tammelin

doi:10.1111/sms.14066

Longitudinal associations between parental and offspring’s leisure-time physical activity: The Young Finns Study

Xiaolin Yang^*
, Tuomas Kukko
, Mirja Hirvensalo
, Stuart J.H. Biddle
, Suvi P. Rovio
, Katja Pahkala
, Nina Hutri-Kähönen
, Olli T. Raitakari
, Tuija H. Tammelin

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Purpose: The longitudinal influence of parental leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) on their offspring's LTPA is poorly understood. This study examined the longitudinal associations between parental LTPA and offspring's LTPA at two-time intervals. Method: Child (offspring) participants (N = 3596) were enrolled from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study in 1980. Their LTPA was self-rated through nine phases from baseline to 2018 and categorized by year into youth (1980‒1986) and adult (1992‒2018) LTPA. Parental LTPA was assessed with a single self-reported question at three phases from 1980 to 1986. Latent growth curve modeling stratified by gender was fitted to estimate the potential pathways between parental LTPA and offspring's youth and adult LTPA. Results: Higher initial levels of paternal and maternal LTPA were independently associated with greater initial levels of youth and adult LTPA of offspring in both genders, respectively, except maternal LTPA, which did not associate with male offspring's adult LTPA. The initial levels of paternal LTPA were directly related to changes in male offspring's youth LTPA after adjusting for age, residential place, paternal education and occupation, having siblings, and offspring's body mass index. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that the initial levels of parental LTPA are directly linked to the initial levels of offspring's LTPA during youth and adulthood, while changes in parental LTPA are unrelated to changes in offspring's youth and adult LTPA for either gender over time. These results imply that higher initial levels of LTPA in parents may serve as a predictor of offspring's LTPA across life stages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-232
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
Volume	32
Issue number	1
Early online date	Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14066
Publication status	Published - 2022
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This study was financially supported by the Academy of Finland: Grant Nos. 322098, 286284, 134309 (EYE), 126925, 121584, 124282, 129378 (SALVE), 117787 (GENDI), and 41071 (SKIDI); the Social Insurance Institution of Finland; Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (Grant No. 415635, XY); Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert Responsibility area of Kuopio, Tampere, and Turku University Hospitals (grant X51001); Juho Vainio Foundation (XY); Paavo Nurmi Foundation; Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research; Finnish Cultural Foundation; Sigrid Juselius Foundation; Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation; Emil Aaltonen Foundation; Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation; Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation; Diabetes Research Foundation of Finnish Diabetes Association; EU Horizon 2020 (Grant No. 755320 for TAXINOMISIS and Grant No. 848146 for To Aition); European Research Council (Grant No. 742927 for MULTIEPIGEN project); and Tampere University Hospital Supporting Foundation. KP is founded by an Academy of Finland research fellowship (No. 322112).

Keywords

follow-up
latent growth curve modeling
leisure-time physical activity
offspring
parents

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Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Longitudinal associations between parental and offspring’s leisure-time physical activity: The Young Finns Study

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