A comparison of physical activity environments between South Asians and White Caucasians with coronary heart disease

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-395

  Khan, Shazareen N ^a   Grace, Sherry L ^a,d,e,f,g   Oh, Paul ^a,d   Anand, Sonia ^b   Stewart, Donna E ^a,e   Wu, Gilbert ^g   Gupta, Milan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c William Osler Health Centre   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g York Central Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular coronary disease; CV risk factors; Ethnology; Exercise; Motor activity; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOME; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIROMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH ASIAN; AGED; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO;

EID: 79952670263     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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