The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study

Physical activity has a protective effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD) in high-income countries, where physical activity is mainly recreational, but it is not known if this is also observed in lower-income countries, where physical activity is mainly non-recreational. We examined whether dif...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 390; no. 10113; pp. 2643 - 2654
Main Authors:	Lear, Scott A, Hu, Weihong, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Gasevic, Danijela, Leong, Darryl, Iqbal, Romaina, Casanova, Amparo, Swaminathan, Sumathi, Anjana, R M, Kumar, Rajesh, Rosengren, Annika, Wei, Li, Yang, Wang, Chuangshi, Wang, Huaxing, Liu, Nair, Sanjeev, Diaz, Rafael, Swidon, Hany, Gupta, Rajeev, Mohammadifard, Noushin, Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio, Oguz, Aytekin, Zatonska, Katarzyna, Seron, Pamela, Avezum, Alvaro, Poirier, Paul, Teo, Koon, Yusuf, Salim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 16.12.2017 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Clinical Medicine Exercise Klinisk medicin Low income areas Low income groups Mortality Physical fitness Risk factors
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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