Low physical activity among middle-aged type-2 diabetic outpatients of two peripheral hospitals in Bangladesh

Rajib Mondal, Palash Chandra Banik and Mohammad Mostafa Zaman

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-9

Abstract: Physical activity (PA) is an important lifestyle recommendation for managing type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, low PA among them is a global public health concern, including Bangladesh. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of low PA levels and its associated sociodemographic factors particularly among middle-aged T2DM subjects, which is quite limited globally and unknown in Bangladesh. In this cross-sectional study, we conveniently recruited 356 T2DM subjects (aged 40–60 years) from outpatient departments of the corresponding diabetic hospitals from Pirojpur and Dinajpur, the southern and northern districts, respectively. The primary outcome was low PA (via metabolic equivalents

Date: 2023
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