Self-reported health, physical activity and socio-economic status of middle-aged and elderly participants in a popular road running race in Switzerland: better off than the general population?

Self-reported health, physical activity and socio-economic status of middle-aged and elderly participants in a popular road running race in Switzerland: better off than the general population?

INTRODUCTION: In affluent countries habitual physical activity (PA) levels are low while participation of middle-aged people  in road running events is increasing. We compared PA determinants of runners aged 50+ to those of a general population sample of similar age in Switzerland. M...

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Main Authors: Anne Chatton, Bengt Kayser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2012-12-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
Subjects:
binary logistic regression
health
multinomial logistic regression
Physical Activity
road running
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Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1801

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