Abstract
Leisure-time exercise, including as much as 35-40 minutes per day of brisk walking, was protective for CHD risk and sedentary lifestyles were positively associated with risk of CHD. Given limited resources for care of CHD in India and the important role of physical exercise in disease risk in urban India, improvements in physical activity should be promoted.
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Coronary heart diseaseMedicinePhysical activityEpidemiologyFramingham Risk ScoreCoronary diseaseRisk factorDiseaseInternal medicineCardiologyEnvironmental healthPhysical therapy
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- 759-767
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TANYA RASTOGI
(2004).
Physical activity and risk of coronary heart disease in India.
International Journal of Epidemiology
, 33
(4)
, 759-767.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh042
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- 10.1093/ije/dyh042