Comparing domain- and intensity-specific physical activity in coronary heart disease and non-CHD individuals.

ABSTRACT: Although increase in physical activity is important to improve prognosis of cardiac patients in addition to hospital-based exercise cardiac rehabilitation, their physical activity levels are not properly understood. This study aimed to examine domain- and intensity-specific physical activity in individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD) and compare them with non-CHD individuals. Data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) from 2014 to 2019 were analyzed, including 1083 CHD patients and 38,532 non-CHD individuals. The inclusion criteria were age 19 years or older and data not missing for CHD information. Before and after propensity score matching (PSM) for age, sex, body mass index, education, household income, alcohol intake, and smoking status, domai

SUBMITTER: Goo SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10831062 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature