Volume 11 — December 18, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Associations Between Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Assessed in a Southern California Health Care System, 2010–2012
During the study period (April 2010–December 2012), there were 1,822,519 adult patients. We excluded 690,933 patients (249,442 did not have at least 3 outpatient visits during this time; 203,759 did not have at least 3 EVS assessments; 165,933 had a Charlson’s index above 0; 71,127 were pregnant during the study period; and 672 had a temperature above 99.9 degrees). This left us with a study sample of 1,131,586 members. After excluding members who were taking antihypertensive medications (461,585), those taking glucose-lowering medications (42,783), and those who were underweight (4,321), data from 622,897 patients were available for analyses.
Figure. Study inclusion and exclusion criteria of Kaiser Permanente Southern California patients, 2010–2012. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; EVS, Exercise Vital Sign.
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