Physical activity in older women: associations with area deprivation and with socioeconomic position over the life course: observations in the British Women’s Heart and Health Study

Objective:To assess the association between residential area-level deprivation, individual life-course socioeconomic position and adult levels of physical activity in older British women.Methods:A cross-sectional study of 4286 British women aged 60–79 years at baseline, who were randomly selected fr...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2008-04, Vol.62 (4), p.344-350
Main Authors: Hillsdon, M, Lawlor, D A, Ebrahim, S, Morris, J N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise - physiology
Female
General aspects
Height
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Older people
Poverty Areas
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Residence Characteristics
Residential areas
Risk Factors
Social Class
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Studies
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Summary:Objective:To assess the association between residential area-level deprivation, individual life-course socioeconomic position and adult levels of physical activity in older British women.Methods:A cross-sectional study of 4286 British women aged 60–79 years at baseline, who were randomly selected from general practitioner lists in 23 British towns between April 1999 and March 2001 (the British Women’s Heart and Health Study).Results:All three of childhood socioeconomic position, adult socioeconomic position and area of residence (in adulthood) deprivation were independently (of each other and potential confounders) associated with physical activity. There was a cumulative effect of life-course socioeconomic position on physical activity, with the proportion who undertook no moderate or vigorous activity per week increasing linearly with each additional indicator of life-course socioeconomic position (p
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.2006.058610