Between-monitor differences in step counts are related to body size: Implications for objective physical activity measurement

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Pomeroy, Jeremy ^a,b   Brage, Søren ^a,c   Curtis, Jeffrey M ^a   Swan, Pamela D ^b   Knowler, William C ^a   Franks, Paul W ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MONITORING; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEALTH STATUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 79955677453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018942     Document Type: Article

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