Socio-demographic patterning of physical activity across migrant groups in India: results from the Indian Migration Study

To investigate the relationship between rural to urban migration and physical activity (PA) in India. 6,447 (42% women) participants comprising 2077 rural, 2,094 migrants and 2,276 urban were recruited. Total activity (MET hr/day), activity intensity (min/day), PA Level (PAL) television viewing and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2011-10, Vol.6 (10), p.e24898
Hauptverfasser:	Sullivan, Ruth, Kinra, Sanjay, Ekelund, Ulf, Bharathi, A V, Vaz, Mario, Kurpad, Anura, Collier, Tim, Reddy, Kolli Srinath, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Davey Smith, George, Ebrahim, Shah, Kuper, Hannah
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Cardiovascular disease Chronic illnesses Confidence Intervals Demographics Demography Developing countries Diabetes Education Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data Epidemiology Exercise Female Health risk assessment Humans Hygiene India - epidemiology LDCs Male Medical research Medicine Men Metabolism Middle Aged Migrants Migration Motor Activity - physiology Multivariate Analysis Obesity Odds Ratio Physical activity Physical fitness Population Public health Questionnaires Rural areas Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Rural populations Rural urban migration Sex Characteristics Sleep Social and Behavioral Sciences Sociodemographics Socioeconomic Factors Studies Television Urban areas Urban planning Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Viewing Walking
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Zusammenfassung:	To investigate the relationship between rural to urban migration and physical activity (PA) in India. 6,447 (42% women) participants comprising 2077 rural, 2,094 migrants and 2,276 urban were recruited. Total activity (MET hr/day), activity intensity (min/day), PA Level (PAL) television viewing and sleeping (min/day) were estimated and associations with migrant status examined, adjusting for the sib-pair design, age, site, occupation, education, and socio-economic position (SEP). Total activity was highest in rural men whereas migrant and urban men had broadly similar activity levels (p
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0024898