Physical inactivity and non-communicable disease burden in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Physical inactivity is a risk factor for premature mortality and several non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global burden associated with physical inactivity, and to examine differences by country income and region.

Methods

Population-level, prevalence-based population attributable risks (PAR) were calculated for 168 countries to estimate how much disease could be averted if physical inactivity were eliminated. We calculated PARs (percentage of cases attributable to inactivity) for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality and non-communicable diseases including coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dementia, depression and cancers of the bladder, breast, colon, endometrium, oesophagus, sto

SUBMITTER: Katzmarzyk PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature