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| Title |
The association between daily steps and health, and the mediating role of body composition: a pedometer-based, cross-sectional study in an employed South African population
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, February 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-1381-6 |
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| Authors |
Julian D Pillay, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Karin I Proper, Maartje van Stralen, Simone A Tomaz, Willem van Mechelen, Estelle V Lambert |
| Abstract |
Walking is recognized as an easily accessible mode of physical activity and is therefore supported as a strategy to promote health and well-being. To complement walking, pedometers have been identified as a useful tool for monitoring ambulatory physical activity, typically measuring total steps/day. There is, however, little information concerning dose-response for health outcomes in relation to intensity or duration of sustained steps. We aimed to examine this relationship, along with factors that mediate it, among employed adults. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 21% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |
| South Africa | 1 | 7% |
| Finland | 1 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 43% |
| Scientists | 5 | 36% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 21% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 26 | 20% |
| Unknown | 24 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 11% |
| Sports and Recreations | 13 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 21% |
| Unknown | 34 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 March 2021.
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#1,771,037
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#1,940
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#23,209
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#35
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