Contribution of lower physical activity levels to higher risk of insulin resistance and associated metabolic disturbances in South Asians compared to Europeans

• Saima Afaq ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.afaq11@imperial.ac.uk, Saima.iph@kmu.edu.pk

  Affiliations Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Public health and Social Sciences, Khyber medical university, Peshawar, Pakistan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-2220

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• Angad S. Kooner,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Hillingdon hospital, NHS Trust, Hillingdon, Greater London, United Kingdom

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• Marie Loh,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

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• Jaspal S. Kooner,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliations Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Ealing Hospital, Southall, Middlesex, United Kingdom, NHLI, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• John C. Chambers

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Ealing Hospital, Southall, Middlesex, United Kingdom, MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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