Accelerometer measured physical activity and the incidence of cardiovascular disease: Evidence from the UK Biobank cohort study.

Accelerometer measured physical activity and the incidence of cardiovascular disease: Evidence from the UK Biobank cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>Higher levels of physical activity (PA) are associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, uncertainty exists on whether the inverse relationship between PA and incidence of CVD is greater at the highest levels of PA. Past studies have mostly re...

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Main Authors: Rema Ramakrishnan, Aiden Doherty, Karl Smith-Byrne, Kazem Rahimi, Derrick Bennett, Mark Woodward, Rosemary Walmsley, Terence Dwyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003487

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003487

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