1. Prevalence and correlates of physical activity in a sample of UK adults observing social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Lee Smith, Nicola Veronese, Igor Grabovac, Mark A Tully, Louis Jacob, Felipe Schuch, Laurie Butler, Yvonne Barnett, Cristina Caperchione, Guillermo F Lopez-Sanchez, Jacob Meyer, Mohammad Abufaraj, Anita Yakkundi, and Nicola Armstrong
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Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Objective To investigate the levels and correlates of physical activity during COVID-19 social distancing in a sample of the UK public.Methods This paper presents analyses of data from a cross-sectional study. Levels of physical activity during COVID-19 social distancing were self-reported. Participants also reported on sociodemographic and clinical data. The association between several factors and physical activity was studied using regression models.Results Nine hundred and eleven adults were included (64.0% were women and 50.4% of the participants were aged 35–64 years). 75.0% of the participants met the physical activity guidelines during social distancing. Meeting these guidelines during social distancing was significantly associated with sex (reference: male; female: OR=1.60, 95% CI 1.10 to 2.33), age (reference: 18–34 years; ≥65 years: OR=4.11, 95% CI 2.01 to 8.92), annual household income (reference:
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- 2020
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