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Low Physical Activity and Its Association with Diabetes and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Nationwide, Population-Based Study.

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/17148
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160959
Full text access: http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10363

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2016-08-17

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Low physical activity (PA), or sedentary lifestyle, is associated with the development of several chronic diseases. We aimed to investigate current prevalence of sedentariness and its association with diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors. PA was evaluated in a population-based, cross-sectional, randomly sampled study conducted in 2009-2010 in Spain. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (SF-IPAQ) was used to assess PA. 4991 individuals (median age 50 years, 57% women) were studied. Prevalence of sedentariness was 32.3% for men and 39% for women (p

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Adolescent Adult Aged

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IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina (Andalucía)
IDIBAPS - Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer (Cataluña)
IdISSC - Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (Madrid)

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