Association Between Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity and Severity of COVID-19 in UK Biobank
PhD Alex V Rowlands, PhD Paddy C Dempsey, PhD Clare Gillies, MPhil David E Kloecker, PhD Cameron Razieh, PhD Yogini Chudasama, PhD Nazrul Islam, PhD Francesco Zaccardi, PhD Claire Lawson, PhD Tom Norris, MD Melanie J Davies, PhD Kamlesh Khunti, PhD Tom Yates
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, doi:10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2021.08.011
Objective: To quantify the association between accelerometer-assessed physical activity and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes.
Research and InnovationeDepartment of Health and Social Care COVID-19 Rapid Response Rolling Call (MR/ V020536/1) and Health Data Research UK (HDRUK2020.138). The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Potential Competing Interests: K.K. is a member of the UK Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), Chair of the SAGE subgroup on ethnicity and COVID-19, and member of Independent SAGE. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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