Between-Monitor Differences in Step Counts Are Related to Body Size: Implications for Objective Physical Activity Measurement

Jeremy Pomeroy; Søren Brage; Jeffrey M. Curtis; Pamela D. Swan; William C. Knowler; Paul W. Franks

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018942

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Between-Monitor Differences in Step Counts Are Related to Body Size: Implications for Objective Physical Activity Measurement

Jeremy Pomeroy ,

* E-mail: jeremy.pomeroy@nih.gov

Affiliations Diabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, Healthy Lifestyle Research Center, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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Søren Brage,

Affiliations Diabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Jeffrey M. Curtis,

Affiliation Diabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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Pamela D. Swan,

Affiliation Healthy Lifestyle Research Center, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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William C. Knowler,

Affiliation Diabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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Paul W. Franks

Affiliations Diabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Between-Monitor Differences in Step Counts Are Related to Body Size: Implications for Objective Physical Activity Measurement

Jeremy Pomeroy,
Søren Brage,
Jeffrey M. Curtis,
Pamela D. Swan,
William C. Knowler,
Paul W. Franks

Published: April 27, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018942

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