Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study

• Main Authors: Ali Kazemi Karyani (Author), Behzad Karmi Matin (Author), Shahin Soltani (Author), Satar Rezaei (Author), Moslem Soofi (Author), Yahya Salimi (Author), Mehdi Moradinazar (Author), Mohammad Hajizadeh (Author), Yahya Pasdar (Author), Behrooz Hamzeh (Author), Loghman Barzegar (Author), Ali Akbar Haghdoost (Author), Reza Malekzadeh (Author), Hossein Poustchi (Author), Zahra Mohammadi (Author), Elnaz Faramarzi (Author), Ali Reza Safarpour (Author), Farhad Pourfarzi (Author), Mahmood Moosazadeh (Author), Azim Nejatizadeh (Author), Mojtaba Farjam (Author), Davoud Vahabzadeh (Author), Ali Ahmadi (Author), Fereshteh Ghorat (Author), Jafar Ahmadi (Author), Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei (Author), Mohammad Reza Mirjalili (Author), Saeid Eslami (Author), Najmeh Maharlouei (Author), Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei (Author), Sara Sarvandian (Author), Farid Najafi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The level of socioeconomic-related inequality in physical activity in Iran is largely unknown. This study investigates socioeconomic-related inequality in poor-physical activity (PPA) among Iranian adults. Methods A total of 129,257 adult participants enrolled in the PERSIAN (Pro...