More Adult Women than Men at High Cardiometabolic Risk Reported Worse Lifestyles and Self-Reported Health Status in the COVID-19 Lockdown

Alejandro Oncina-Cánovas, Laura Compañ-Gabucio, Jesús Vioque, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Dolores Corella, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Montserrat Fitó, Alfredo Martínez, Ángel M. Alonso-Gómez, Julia Wärnberg, Dora Romaguera, José López-Miranda, Ramón Estruch, Francisco J. Tinahones, José Lapetra, Jacqueline Álvarez-Pérez, Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas, Josep A. Tur, Vicente Martín-Sánchez, Virginia Esteve-LuqueMiguel Delgado-Rodríguez, María Ortiz-Ramos, Josep Vidal, Clotilde Vázquez, Lidia Daimiel, Emilio Ros, Cristina Razquin, Indira Paz-Graniel, Jose V. Sorlí, Olga Castañer, Antonio García-Rios, Laura Torres-Collado, Olga Fernández-Barceló, María Angeles Zulet, Elena Rayó-Gago, Rosa Casas, Naomi Cano-Ibáñez, Lucas Tojal-Sierra, Víctor J. Simón-Frapolli, Silvia Carlos, Sangeetha Shyam, Rebeca Fernández-Carrión, Albert Goday, Jose David Torres-Peña, Sandra González-Palacios, Sonia Eguaras, Nancy Babio, María Dolores Zomeño, Manuela García-de-la-Hera

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Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 lockdown represented an immense impact on human health, which was characterized by lifestyle and dietary changes, social distancing and isolation at home. Some evidence suggests that these consequences mainly affected women and altered relevant ongoing clinical trials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the status and changes in diet, physical activity (PA), sleep and self-reported health status (SRH) as perceived by older adult men and women with metabolic syndrome during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: We analyzed data from 4681 Spanish adults with metabolic syndrome. We carried out a telephone survey during May and June 2020 to collect information on demographics, dietary habits, PA, sleep, SRH and anthropometric data. Results: The mean age of participants was 64.9 years at recruitment, and 52% of participants were men. Most participants (64.1%) perceived a decrease in their PA during confinement. Regarding gender-specific differences, a higher proportion of women than men perceived a decrease in their PA (67.5% vs. 61.1%), Mediterranean diet adherence (20.9% vs. 16.8%), sleep hours (30.3% vs. 19.1%), sleep quality (31.6% vs. 18.2%) and SRH (25.9% vs. 11.9%) (all p < 0.001). Conclusions: The COVID-19 lockdown affected women more negatively, particularly their self-reported diet, PA, sleep and health status.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2000
Number of pages15
JournalNutrients
Volume16
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2024

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • lifestyle
  • Mediterranean diet
  • metabolic syndrome
  • self-reported health

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