@article{ref1,
title="Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2019",
author="Kazemi Karyani, Ali and Karmi Matin, Behzad and Soltani, Shahin and Rezaei, Satar and Soofi, Moslem and Salimi, Yahya and Moradinazar, Mehdi and Hajizadeh, Mohammad and Pasdar, Yahya and Hamzeh, Behrooz and Barzegar, Loghman and Haghdoost, Ali Akbar and Malekzadeh, Reza and Poustchi, Hossein and Mohammadi, Zahra and Faramarzi, Elnaz and Safarpour, Ali Reza and Pourfarzi, Farhad and Moosazadeh, Mahmood and Nejatizadeh, Azim and Farjam, Mojtaba and Vahabzadeh, Davoud and Ahmadi, Ali and Ghorat, Fereshteh and Ahmadi, Jafar and Mansour-Ghanaei, Fariborz and Mirjalili, Mohammad Reza and Eslami, Saeid and Maharlouei, Najmeh and Tabatabaei, Seyed Mehdi and Sarvandian, Sara and Najafi, Farid",
volume="19",
number="1",
pages="e1312-e1312",
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 (Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN) Cohort were included in this study. Physical activity of adults was measured using metabolic equivalent rates (METs). Physical activity less than 41 METs/hour/day was considered PPA. The Concentration index (C) was used to quantify socioeconomic-related inequality in PPA. Moreover, the C was decomposed to identify the relative contribution of explanatory variables to inequality in PPA.  Results There were significant regional variations in physical activity level among Iranian adults (29.8–76.5%). The positive value of C (0.098, 95% CI = 0.092 to 0.104) suggested that the higher concentration of PPA among higher socioeconomic status (SES) adults in Iran which was consistently observed in all cohort sites.  Conclusions The higher prevalence of PPA among Iranian adults, especially, women and older adults, warrant further public health attention. Since PPA is concentrated more among the high-SES population in Iran, strategies for the promotion of physical activity should focus more on economically well-off population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-019-7715-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7715-z"
}