Associations between Active Travel to Work and Overweight, Hypertension, and Diabetes in India: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Millett, Christopher ^a,b   Agrawal, Sutapa ^b   Sullivan, Ruth ^c   Vaz, Mario ^d   Kurpad, Anura ^d   Bharathi, A V ^e   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^f   Reddy, Kolli Srinath ^b   Kinra, Sanjay ^c   Smith, George Davey ^g   Ebrahim, Shah ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^e INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 84879351144     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001459     Document Type: Article

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