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Hauptverfasser: Zablocki, Rong W., Nguyen, Steve, Wang, Yacun, Dillon, Lindsay, LaMonte, Michael J., Richey, Phyllis A., Casanova, Ramon, Stefanick, Marcia L., Hartman, Sheri J., Di, Chongzhi, Kooperberg, Charles, Natarajan, Loki, LaCroix, Andrea Z., Zou, Jingjing
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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author Zablocki, Rong W.
Nguyen, Steve
Wang, Yacun
Dillon, Lindsay
LaMonte, Michael J.
Richey, Phyllis A.
Casanova, Ramon
Stefanick, Marcia L.
Hartman, Sheri J.
Di, Chongzhi
Kooperberg, Charles
Natarajan, Loki
LaCroix, Andrea Z.
Zou, Jingjing
author_facet Zablocki, Rong W.
Nguyen, Steve
Wang, Yacun
Dillon, Lindsay
LaMonte, Michael J.
Richey, Phyllis A.
Casanova, Ramon
Stefanick, Marcia L.
Hartman, Sheri J.
Di, Chongzhi
Kooperberg, Charles
Natarajan, Loki
LaCroix, Andrea Z.
Zou, Jingjing
contents Background: Minute-level accelerometer data capture rich diurnal physical activity (PA) patterns, but conventional summary metrics obscures clinically meaningful changes accumulated across a day. Building on Riemannian framework, we integrate multivariate functional principal component analysis (MFPCA) to identify main modes of PA change in older women and examine associations with physical function (PF). Method: A subset participant from OPACH as baseline and two WHISH follow-ups (W1, W2), yielded 3 accelerometer measurements; each participant's diurnal PA at each visit was represented as a smooth curve. Change between consecutive visits (defined as periods: baseline-W1, W1-W2) was modeled as a Riemannian deformation (RD) jointly capturing changes in PA timing and magnitude. Deformations were parameterized by initial momenta and summarized using MFPCA; participant-level changes were characterized by principal component (PC) scores and deformation energy (DE), a metric of overall pattern change. Associations with PF were assessed using linear mixed models. Results: Mean deformation in both periods showed overall downward shifts in PA magnitude with temporal redistribution between 10am and 7pm. Top 15 PCs explained >= 90% of variability in both periods; PC1 represented a pattern of PA increase/decrease throughout the day, explaining 22.4% (baseline-W1) and 20.8% (W1-W2). Among complete data (N=1157), an increase in PA in the mode of PC1 was positively associated with PF (p <0.0001). The interaction between DE and period was significantly associated with PF (p=0.003). Conclusions: Modeling longitudinal PA change as RDs and summarizing variability via MFPCA produced clinically interpretable phenotypes of diurnal PA change beyond standard metrics. The leading deformation mode was significantly associated with PF, and DE showed a stronger association with PF in the later period.
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spellingShingle Modeling Physical Activity Change as Smooth Transformations: Temporal and Amplitude Patterns Associated with Physical Function in Older Women
Zablocki, Rong W.
Nguyen, Steve
Wang, Yacun
Dillon, Lindsay
LaMonte, Michael J.
Richey, Phyllis A.
Casanova, Ramon
Stefanick, Marcia L.
Hartman, Sheri J.
Di, Chongzhi
Kooperberg, Charles
Natarajan, Loki
LaCroix, Andrea Z.
Zou, Jingjing
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Background: Minute-level accelerometer data capture rich diurnal physical activity (PA) patterns, but conventional summary metrics obscures clinically meaningful changes accumulated across a day. Building on Riemannian framework, we integrate multivariate functional principal component analysis (MFPCA) to identify main modes of PA change in older women and examine associations with physical function (PF). Method: A subset participant from OPACH as baseline and two WHISH follow-ups (W1, W2), yielded 3 accelerometer measurements; each participant's diurnal PA at each visit was represented as a smooth curve. Change between consecutive visits (defined as periods: baseline-W1, W1-W2) was modeled as a Riemannian deformation (RD) jointly capturing changes in PA timing and magnitude. Deformations were parameterized by initial momenta and summarized using MFPCA; participant-level changes were characterized by principal component (PC) scores and deformation energy (DE), a metric of overall pattern change. Associations with PF were assessed using linear mixed models. Results: Mean deformation in both periods showed overall downward shifts in PA magnitude with temporal redistribution between 10am and 7pm. Top 15 PCs explained >= 90% of variability in both periods; PC1 represented a pattern of PA increase/decrease throughout the day, explaining 22.4% (baseline-W1) and 20.8% (W1-W2). Among complete data (N=1157), an increase in PA in the mode of PC1 was positively associated with PF (p <0.0001). The interaction between DE and period was significantly associated with PF (p=0.003). Conclusions: Modeling longitudinal PA change as RDs and summarizing variability via MFPCA produced clinically interpretable phenotypes of diurnal PA change beyond standard metrics. The leading deformation mode was significantly associated with PF, and DE showed a stronger association with PF in the later period.
title Modeling Physical Activity Change as Smooth Transformations: Temporal and Amplitude Patterns Associated with Physical Function in Older Women
topic Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22123