Original Article 2015 NRITLD, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Iran ISSN: 1735-0344
Tanaffos 2015; 14(4): 238-245
TANAFFOS
Smoking and Physical Activity in Healthy Adults: A CrossSectional Study in Tehran Gholamreza Heydari 1, Mostafa Hosseini 2,
Background: Smoking and physical inactivity are two major risk factors for
Mahmoud Yousefifard 3, Hadi Asady 4,
non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Not only these factors have a causal effect
Masoud Baikpour 5, Atena Barat 6 1
on NCDs, but they can also affect each other. This study aimed to assess the relationship between these factors as well as their effect on NCDs.
Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center,
Materials and Methods: A total of 2,602 healthy adults aged 30-60 years
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of
participated in this survey in 2010. Data on demographic characteristics,
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2 Department of
medical history, smoking status, physical activity and anthropometric measures
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,
including weight and height were collected and analyzed. The effect of smoking
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 3
on physical activity was evaluated by logistic regression adjusting for potential
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
confounders.
4 Department
Results: Among demographic characteristics, only age (P
Tanaffos 2015; 14(4): 238-245
TANAFFOS
Smoking and Physical Activity in Healthy Adults: A CrossSectional Study in Tehran Gholamreza Heydari 1, Mostafa Hosseini 2,
Background: Smoking and physical inactivity are two major risk factors for
Mahmoud Yousefifard 3, Hadi Asady 4,
non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Not only these factors have a causal effect
Masoud Baikpour 5, Atena Barat 6 1
on NCDs, but they can also affect each other. This study aimed to assess the relationship between these factors as well as their effect on NCDs.
Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center,
Materials and Methods: A total of 2,602 healthy adults aged 30-60 years
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of
participated in this survey in 2010. Data on demographic characteristics,
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2 Department of
medical history, smoking status, physical activity and anthropometric measures
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,
including weight and height were collected and analyzed. The effect of smoking
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 3
on physical activity was evaluated by logistic regression adjusting for potential
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran
University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
confounders.
4 Department
Results: Among demographic characteristics, only age (P
