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Correlates of Leisure-Time Physical Activity Participation Among Latino Children and Adolescents with Acanthosis Nigricans

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Little is known about leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) correlates in high-risk youth prone to obesity, insulin resistance, and associated morbidities. This study examined LTPA correlates among Latino youth identified with acanthosis nigricans (AN), a skin condition typically caused by metabolic impairment. Data were collected on 305 AN-positive Latino youth of ages 5–15 and one of their biological parents in 2012 from Texas. Ordinal logit regression was performed to analyze the data. Five health and behavioral LTPA correlates were identified, including child time spent in TV watching or videogame playing (OR of highest quartile vs. lowest quartile = 0.45; p = 0.01), child fair/poor health (OR 0.42; p = 0.01), parent obesity (OR 0.63; p = 0.06), parent daily physical exercise for more than 30 min (OR 2.20; p < 0.01), and parent housework time (OR 0.76; p < 0.05). Parent socioeconomic status was insignificant. For at-risk Latino youth, physical activity intervention strategies should take both behavioral and health factors into account.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a research grant from the Office of Minority Health issued to Dr. Su (1MPCMP081024-04-00) and by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01CA140319-01A1 issued to Dr. Wen. A previous version of this paper was presented at the Childhood Obesity conference in June 2013 in Long Beach, CA. Views and opinions expressed by the authors do not reflect those of the funding agencies. We would like to thank Daphne Wang, Omar Esqueda, Klaus S. Beckmann, Denise Deleon, David Salazar, Doreen Garza, Irma R. Canales, Alysia Olivares for their assistance with data collection. We also appreciate Megan Kelley’s proofreading of the paper and her comments.

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Utah, 380 S 1530 E Rm 301, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA

    Ming Wen

  2. Center for Reducing Health Disparities, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984340 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4340, USA

    Dejun Su

  3. Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984340 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-4340, USA

    Dejun Su

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Wen, M., Su, D. Correlates of Leisure-Time Physical Activity Participation Among Latino Children and Adolescents with Acanthosis Nigricans. J Immigrant Minority Health 17, 1330–1336 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-014-9977-y

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