Differences in levels of physical activity between white and South Asian populations within a healthcare setting: Impact of measurement type in a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Yates Dr, Thomas ^a,b   Henson, Joe ^a,b   Edwardson, Charlotte ^a,b   Bodicoat, Danielle H ^a,b   Davies, Melanie J ^a,b   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR Leicester Loughborough Diet Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUTH ASIAN; ACTIMETRY; AGED; ASIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84941558918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006181     Document Type: Article

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