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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2007 Oct 22;116(19):2110–2118. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.729939

TABLE 2.

Association of Physical Activity with Cardiovascular Disease Events after Adjusting for CVD Risk Factors

Physical Activity, kcal/week
<200 200–599 600–1499 ≥1500 P for Trend
Hazard Ratios (95% Confidence Intervals)
Age- and treatment-adjusted model 1.00 0.73 (0.61–0.86) 0.68 (0.57–0.80) 0.59 (0.49–0.71) <0.001
Age- and treatment-adjusted plus each of the following added one at a time
 Smoking 1.00 0.76 (0.64–0.90) 0.72 (0.61–0.85) 0.62 (0.52–0.75) <0.001
 Alcohol consumption 1.00 0.73 (0.62–0.87) 0.69 (0.58–0.81) 0.60 (0.50–0.73) <0.001
 Fruit, vegetable, saturated fat, fiber intake 1.00 0.76 (0.64–0.90) 0.71 (0.60–0.84) 0.66 (0.54–0.80) <0.001
 Postmenopausal status, hormone use 1.00 0.74 (0.62–0.87) 0.68 (0.58–0.81) 0.59 (0.49–0.72) <0.001
 Parental history of MI <60 years 1.00 0.77 (0.64–0.92) 0.71 (0.60–0.85) 0.62 (0.51–0.76) <0.001
 Hypertension 1.00 0.75 (0.64–0.89) 0.71 (0.60–0.84) 0.62 (0.51–0.74) <0.001
 Blood pressure 1.00 0.77 (0.65–0.92) 0.75 (0.63–0.88) 0.66 (0.54–0.79) <0.001
 Diabetes 1.00 0.75 (0.64–0.89) 0.69 (0.59–0.82) 0.61 (0.51–0.74) <0.001
 Hemoglobin A1c 1.00 0.76 (0.64–0.90) 0.72 (0.61–0.85) 0.63 (0.52–0.76) <0.001
 Body mass index 1.00 0.77 (0.65–0.91) 0.74 (0.63–0.87) 0.63 (0.52–0.76) <0.001
 Total cholesterol 1.00 0.73 (0.62–0.87) 0.69 (0.58–0.81) 0.60 (0.50–0.72) <0.001
 LDL cholesterol 1.00 0.73 (0.62–0.87) 0.69 (0.58–0.81) 0.60 (0.50–0.72) <0.001
 HDL cholesterol 1.00 0.76 (0.64–0.90) 0.72 (0.61–0.85) 0.64 (0.53–0.77) <0.001
 Lipoprotein (a) 1.00 0.72 (0.61–0.85) 0.67 (0.57–0.79) 0.58 (0.48–0.70) <0.001
 Apolipoprotein A1 1.00 0.75 (0.63–0.89) 0.70 (0.60–0.83) 0.62 (0.51–0.74) <0.001
 Apolipoprotein B100 1.00 0.75 (0.63–0.89) 0.72 (0.61–0.84) 0.62 (0.52–0.75) <0.001
 Creatinine 1.00 0.73 (0.61–0.86) 0.67 (0.57–0.80) 0.59 (0.49–0.71) <0.001
 Homocysteine 1.00 0.73 (0.62–0.87) 0.69 (0.58–0.81) 0.60 (0.49–0.72) <0.001
 High-sensitivity C-reactive protein 1.00 0.77 (0.65–0.91) 0.73 (0.62–0.86) 0.64 (0.53–0.77) <0.001
 Fibrinogen 1.00 0.76 (0.64–0.89) 0.72 (0.61–0.85) 0.63 (0.52–0.76) <0.001
 Soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 1.00 0.77 (0.65–0.91) 0.73 (0.62–0.86) 0.64 (0.53–0.77) <0.001
All the above in one model 1.00 0.95 (0.79–1.15) 0.95 (0.79–1.14) 0.90 (0.73–1.11) 0.37