Physical activity of UK adults with chronic disease: cross-sectional analysis of accelerometer-measured physical activity in 96 706 UK Biobank participants | Zendy

Joseph Barker | Zendy; Karl Smith-Byrne | Zendy; Aiden Doherty | Zendy; Charlie Foster | Zendy; Kazem Rahimi | Zendy; Rema Ramakrishnan | Zendy; Mark Woodward | Zendy; Terence Dwyer | Zendy

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Physical activity of UK adults with chronic disease: cross-sectional analysis of accelerometer-measured physical activity in 96 706 UK Biobank participants

Author(s) -

Joseph Barker,

Karl Smith-Byrne,

Aiden Doherty,

Charlie Foster,

Kazem Rahimi,

Rema Ramakrishnan,

Mark Woodward,

Terence Dwyer

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy294

Subject(s) - medicine , biobank , confidence interval , physical therapy , cross sectional study , cohort , cohort study , disease , medical diagnosis , pathology , bioinformatics , biology

Physical inactivity is associated with an increased risk of major chronic diseases, although uncertainty exists about which chronic diseases, themselves, might contribute to physical inactivity. The objective of this study was to compare the physical activity of those with chronic diseases to healthy individuals using an objective measure of physical activity.

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