Spousal influence on physical activity in middle-aged and older adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 444-451

  Cobb, Laura K ^a,b   Godino, Job G ^a,b   Selvin, Elizabeth ^a,b   Kucharska Newton, Anna ^c   Coresh, Josef ^a,b   Koton, Silvia ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

change; cohort study; concordance; determinants; physical activity; population based study; prospective study; spouses

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPORT; SPOUSE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; MARRIAGE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PEER PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PEER INFLUENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84960330145     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv104     Document Type: Article

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