Dose-response relationship between different physical activity types and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly people: a study of Chinese urban-rural differences
Our study found a non-linear dose correlation between physical activities and depressive symptoms. The dose-response connection between different physical activity types and depressive symptoms varies between rural and urban areas. Recreational physical activity is recommended for urban and reasonable amounts of nonrecreational physical activity for rural populations to reduce the risk of depressive symptoms. However, causal interpretations cannot be made due to the cross-sectional design of the study.
Authors
- Jianyu Tan
- Pan Ran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9890-2736)
- Zhewei Su
- Yiting Kong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-1457)
- Li Kuang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2330-4205)
- Yi Zhong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0431-9882)
- Hong Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7978-6359)
- Rui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9020-4984)
Institutions
- The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23128-x
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.66
Funders
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China