Open AccessRelation between usual daily walking time and metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Jamshid Najafian,
Noushin Mohammadifard,
Farahnaz Fatemi Naeini,
Fatemeh Nouri
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.128156
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , life style , logistic regression , demography , medicine , physical activity , odds ratio , physical fitness , cross sectional study , gerontology , physical therapy , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
There are several studies about the positive relation between physical inactivity or low cardio respiratory fitness with development of metabolic syndrome (MS). In contrast, physical activity had favourable effects on all components of MS but the quantity and the frequency of physical activity necessary to produce this beneficial effect has not been defined as yet. The aim of this survey was to study the association of regular physical activity, measured by patient's estimation of walking time per day, with MS.