Table 7. Associations of total physical activity with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among hypertensive patients.
| Level of total physical activity | Numbers of death | Mortality/ (per 1000 person-years) |
HR (95% CI) |
| Multivariate models were adjusted for age, sex, level of education, marital status, alcohol consumption, smoking status, intake frequencies of red meat, fruits, and vegetables, BMI, SBP, DM, leisure sedentary time, family history of heart attack or stroke (only adjusted for in corresponding analysis of cause specific mortality), and menopausal status (for women only). | |||
| All-cause death | |||
| Q1 | 3,993 | 15.33 | 1.00 (reference) |
| Q2 | 2,369 | 8.87 | 0.80 (0.76–0.84) |
| Q3 | 1,913 | 7.06 | 0.69 (0.65–0.73) |
| Q4 | 1,431 | 5.28 | 0.67 (0.62–0.72) |
| P for trend | < 0.001 | ||
| Death due to ischemic heart disease | |||
| Q1 | 694 | 2.66 | 1.00 (reference) |
| Q2 | 369 | 1.38 | 0.78 (0.68–0.88) |
| Q3 | 222 | 0.82 | 0.68 (0.57–0.80) |
| Q4 | 149 | 0.55 | 0.67 (0.55–0.83) |
| P for trend | < 0.001 | ||
| Death due to cerebrovascular disease | |||
| Q1 | 1,152 | 4.42 | 1.00 (reference) |
| Q2 | 656 | 2.46 | 0.76 (0.69–0.84) |
| Q3 | 545 | 2.01 | 0.64 (0.58–0.72) |
| Q4 | 405 | 1.49 | 0.65 (0.57–0.74) |
| P for trend | < 0.001 | ||