RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN URBAN PANJABI POPULATION
MANDEEP PAL KAUR *
Department of Zoology, Punjab University, Patiala (Punjab), India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
10.66% individuals with light physical activity, 7.66% individuals with moderate and 3.6% individuals with heavy physical activity have been found to suffer with Coronary Heart disease during the present survey in urban population. The comparison of prevalence rate of CHD individuals from different categories regarding their level of physical activity was found to be statistically significant (x2, 7.3, df = 2, p<0.05). The comparison of prevalence rate of CHD between persons with +ve family history and with -ve family history was found to be statistically significant (x2 = 33.47, df = 1, p<0.05).