B3659 - Effects of adolescent physical activity on physical and mental health in adulthood novel multivariate pattern analysis approach - 18/11/2020

B number: 
B3659
Principal applicant name: 
Ahmed Elhakeem | MRC IEU
Co-applicants: 
Dr Matteo Sattler
Title of project: 
Effects of adolescent physical activity on physical and mental health in adulthood: novel multivariate pattern analysis approach
Proposal summary: 

The benefits of physical activity (PA) for health are well established. However, limited evidence is available on the relative importance of specific intensities of PA as well as sedentary time for major health outcomes. In conventional analyses, accelerometer data are collapsed into only a few intensities (e.g. light, moderate-to-vigorous).This causes substantial loss of information and limits the detection of the relative importance of specific intensities. In this project we will use a novel multivariate pattern analysis approach to describe the entire PA intensity spectrum and examine the relative importance of different PA intensities on physical and mental health and mental wellbeing.

Impact of research: 
By using multivariate pattern analysis to study the the entire PA intensity spectrum and how this related to major health measures in adulthood, this study will advance our understanding how different intensities fo activity in adolescence relate to adult health.
Date proposal received: 
Friday, 13 November, 2020
Date proposal approved: 
Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
Keywords: 
Epidemiology, Behaviour - e.g. antisocial behaviour, risk behaviour, etc., Statistical methods, Biological samples -e.g. blood, cell lines, saliva, etc., Blood pressure, BMI, Bones (and joints), Cardiovascular, Cohort studies - attrition, bias, participant engagement, ethics, Metabolic - metabolism, Physical - activity, fitness, function, Statistical methods