Comparison of the EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire with Combined Heart Rate and Movement Sensing in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older British Adults

Vanesa España-Romero; Rajna Golubic; Kathryn R. Martin; Rebecca Hardy; Ulf Ekelund; Diana Kuh; Nicholas J. Wareham; Rachel Cooper; Soren Brage; on behalf of the NSHD scientific and data collection teams

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087085

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Comparison of the EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire with Combined Heart Rate and Movement Sensing in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older British Adults

Vanesa España-Romero ,

* E-mail: vanesa.espana@mrc.epid-cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Rajna Golubic,

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Kathryn R. Martin,

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London, United Kingdom, Epidemiology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Rebecca Hardy,

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Ulf Ekelund,

Affiliations Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norges Idrettshøgskole, Oslo, Norway
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Diana Kuh,

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Nicholas J. Wareham,

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Rachel Cooper,

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Soren Brage,

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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on behalf of the NSHD scientific and data collection teams

¶Membership of the NSHD scientific and data collection teams is provided in the Acknowledgments.
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Comparison of the EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire with Combined Heart Rate and Movement Sensing in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older British Adults

Vanesa España-Romero,
Rajna Golubic,
Kathryn R. Martin,
Rebecca Hardy,
Ulf Ekelund,
Diana Kuh,
Nicholas J. Wareham,
Rachel Cooper,
Soren Brage,
on behalf of the NSHD scientific and data collection teams

Published: February 6, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087085

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