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The influence of South Asian ethnicity on the incremental shuttle walk test in UK adults.

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posted on 2018-07-20, 10:46 authored by Mark W. Orme, Lauren SherarLauren Sherar, Mike Morgan, Michael Steiner, Dale EsligerDale Esliger, Andrew KingsnorthAndrew Kingsnorth, Sally Singh
The objective of this study was to compare incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) performance between South Asian and Caucasian British adults, identify predictors of ISWT distance and produce ethnicity-specific reference equations. Data from a mixed gender sample aged 40-75 years from Leicestershire, United Kingdom, were selected for analyses. Analysis of covariance determined differences in ISWT performance between South Asian and Caucasian British ethnic groups. Linear regressions identified predictors of ISWT distance, which determined the reference equations. In total, 144 participants took part in the study (79 South Asian (54 ± 8 years, 71% female) and 65 Caucasian British (58 ± 9 years, 74% female)). Distance walked for the ISWT was shorter for South Asian individuals compared with Caucasian British (451 ± 143 vs. 575 ± 180 m, p < 0.001). The ethnicity-specific reference equations for ISWT distance explained 33-50% of the variance (standard error of the estimate (SEE): 107-119 m) for South Asians and explained 14-58% of the variance (SEE: 121-169 m) for Caucasian British. Ethnicity univariately explained 12.9% of the variance in ISWT distance and was significantly associated with ISWT distance after controlling for age, gender, height, weight, dyspnoea and lung function ( B = -70.37; 1 = Caucasian British, 2 = South Asian), uniquely explaining 3.7% of the variance. Predicted values for ISWT performance were lower in South Asian people than in Caucasian British. Ethnicity-specific reference equations should account for this.

Funding

The study was funded by NHS England.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

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Chron Respir Dis

Pages

1479972318785832 - 1479972318785832

Citation

ORME, M.W. ...et al., 2018. The influence of South Asian ethnicity on the incremental shuttle walk test in UK adults., Chronic Respiratory Disease, In Press.

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© the Authors. Published by SAGE

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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2018-06-04

Publication date

2018

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Sage under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

ISSN

1479-9723

eISSN

1479-9731

Language

  • en

Location

England

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