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December 4, 2025MedicineOpen Access

Risk factors, physical activity behavior, and hand grip strength of adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Arar city, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

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AAAnwar B. AlmutairiKuwait University AAAdel AlenaziPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals low physical activity and high risk factors in adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Arar city.

Key Points

Handgrip strength and physical activity are low among patients with cardiovascular diseases, indicating potential health risks.
Approximately 73% of participants were insufficiently active as per the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire scores.
Cross-sectional analysis involved 100 adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease from a local cardiac center in Arar city.
Highlights the need for public health initiatives promoting physical activity and resistance training to improve cardiac health.

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Almutairi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6930dc9eea1aef094cca2d62 https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000045977

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