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Adopting leisure-time physical activity after diagnosis of a vascular condition

Publication: Health Reports 2012:23(1) www.statcan.gc.ca/healthreports

Authors: Pamela L. Ramage-Morin, Julie Bernier, Jason T. Newsom, Nathalie Huguet, Bentson H. McFarland and Mark S. Kaplan

Data: Cross-sectional data from the 1994/1995 National Population Health Survey (NPHS), household component, and the 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey, and longitudinal data from eight cycles (1994/1995 through 2008/2009) of the NPHS, household component.

Among Canadians aged 40 or older, 57% of women and 52% of men were inactive in their leisure time in 2007/2008.

A new vascular diagnosis was not associated with becoming active among people in mid- to late-life.

Having a regular doctor (men) and living with a spouse/partner (women) were associated with adopting leisure-time physical activity.

Among people newly diagnosed with a vascular condition, level of disability was the main factor that accounted for whether they engaged in more leisure-time physical activity.

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For more information about this article, contact Pamela Ramage-Morin (1-613-951-1760; pamela.ramage-morin@statcan.gc.ca), Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada.