Associations of total and type-specific physical activity with mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based cohort study

• Main Authors: Sonia Wing Mei Cheng (Author), Zoe McKeough (Author), Jennifer Alison (Author), Sarah Dennis (Author), Mark Hamer (Author), Emmanuel Stamatakis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Regular physical activity is recommended for all people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the dose of physical activity required to gain mortality benefit in this population is not yet known. This aim of this study was to examine the associations of total and...