TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study
JO  - BMC public health
A1  - Kazemi Karyani, Ali
A1  - Karmi Matin, Behzad
A1  - Soltani, Shahin
A1  - Rezaei, Satar
A1  - Soofi, Moslem
A1  - Salimi, Yahya
A1  - Moradinazar, Mehdi
A1  - Hajizadeh, Mohammad
A1  - Pasdar, Yahya
A1  - Hamzeh, Behrooz
A1  - Barzegar, Loghman
A1  - Haghdoost, Ali Akbar
A1  - Malekzadeh, Reza
A1  - Poustchi, Hossein
A1  - Mohammadi, Zahra
A1  - Faramarzi, Elnaz
A1  - Safarpour, Ali Reza
A1  - Pourfarzi, Farhad
A1  - Moosazadeh, Mahmood
A1  - Nejatizadeh, Azim
A1  - Farjam, Mojtaba
A1  - Vahabzadeh, Davoud
A1  - Ahmadi, Ali
A1  - Ghorat, Fereshteh
A1  - Ahmadi, Jafar
A1  - Mansour-Ghanaei, Fariborz
A1  - Mirjalili, Mohammad Reza
A1  - Eslami, Saeid
A1  - Maharlouei, Najmeh
A1  - Tabatabaei, Seyed Mehdi
A1  - Sarvandian, Sara
A1  - Najafi, Farid
SP  - e1312
EP  - e1312
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7715-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -