@article{a9b3341e8a024b49adccb444673f27ed,
title = "Association of access to exercise opportunities and cardiovascular mortality",
abstract = "We sought to examine the patterns of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in varying degrees of access to exercise opportunities at county level in the United States. Access to exercise opportunities was significantly associated with adjusted CVD mortality (P < .001); higher access to exercise opportunities correlated with lower CVD mortality. Counties with lower access to exercise facilities had higher prevalence of obesity and diabetes when compared with counties with higher access (P < .001). Furthermore, the states with fewer people living in close proximity to a park had higher percentage of people not engaging in any leisure physical activity (P < .001).",
author = "Suveen Angraal and Aakriti Gupta and Rohan Khera and Khurram Nasir and Desai, {Nihar R.}",
note = "Funding Information: Dr Gupta is supported by grant HL007854 from the National Institutes of Health . Dr Khera is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ( 5T32HL125247-02 ) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences ( UL1TR001105 ) of the National Institutes of Health. Dr Desai is supported by grant K12 HS023000-04 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality . No funding source had any role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the article for publication. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.ahj.2019.02.010",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "212",
pages = "152--156",
journal = "American Heart Journal",
issn = "0002-8703",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
}