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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 4.

Association of Physical Activity with Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Revascularization Procedures after Adjusting for Sets of Potential Mediators

Physical Activity, kcal/week
<200 200–599 600–1499 ≥1500 P for Trend
Hazard Ratios (95% Confidence Intervals)
Myocardial Infarction
Age- and treatment-adjusted model 1.00 0.63 (0.45–0.87) 0.62 (0.45–0.85) 0.44 (0.30–0.65) <0.001
Basic model 1.00 0.77 (0.54–1.11) 0.79 (0.56–1.13) 0.53 (0.34–0.83) 0.009
Basic model plus each set of risk factors below, added one group at a time:
 Blood pressure/hypertension 1.00 0.84 (0.58–1.20) 0.89 (0.62–1.28) 0.58 (0.37–0.91) 0.03
 Body mass index 1.00 0.81 (0.56–1.16) 0.85 (0.60–1.22) 0.55 (0.35–0.86) 0.01
 Hemoglobin A1c/diabetes 1.00 0.81 (0.56–1.16) 0.82 (0.57–1.17) 0.55 (0.35–0.86) 0.01
 Traditional lipids Total, LDL, HDL cholesterol 1.00 0.81 (0.56–1.16) 0.86 (0.60–1.22) 0.57 (0.36–0.89) 0.02
 Novel lipids Lp(a), Apo A1, Apo B100 1.00 0.79 (0.55–1.13) 0.83 (0.58–1.18) 0.56 (0.36–0.87) 0.02
 Homocysteine 1.00 0.78 (0.54–1.12) 0.80 (0.56–1.14) 0.53 (0.34–0.83) 0.01
 Inflammatory/hemostatic hsCRP, fibrinogen, sICAM-1 1.00 0.83 (0.57–1.19) 0.87 (0.61–1.25) 0.58 (0.37–0.91) 0.03
All of the above 1.00 0.88 (0.61–1.28) 0.95 (0.66–1.36) 0.64 (0.41–1.00) 0.07
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Age- and treatment-adjusted model 1.00 0.74 (0.57–0.95) 0.55 (0.42–0.71) 0.44 (0.33–0.60) <0.001
Basic model 1.00 0.90 (0.68–1.18) 0.67 (0.50–0.90) 0.58 (0.41–0.83) 0.001
Basic model plus each set of risk factors below, added one group at a time:
 Blood pressure/hypertension 1.00 0.94 (0.71–1.24) 0.72 (0.54–0.97) 0.63 (0.44–0.89) 0.004
 Body mass index 1.00 0.95 (0.72–1.25) 0.73 (0.54–0.99) 0.61 (0.43–0.87) 0.002
 Hemoglobin A1c/diabetes 1.00 0.92 (0.70–1.21) 0.69 (0.51–0.93) 0.60 (0.42–0.86) 0.002
 Traditional lipids Total, LDL, HDL cholesterol 1.00 0.95 (0.72–1.25) 0.74 (0.55–1.00) 0.64 (0.45–0.91) 0.006
 Novel lipids Lp(a), Apo A1, Apo B100 1.00 0.93 (0.70–1.22) 0.71 (0.53–0.96) 0.63 (0.45–0.90) 0.005
 Homocysteine 1.00 0.90 (0.68–1.18) 0.67 (0.50–0.90) 0.58 (0.41–0.83) 0.001
 nflammatory/hemostatic hsCRP, fibrinogen, sICAM-1 1.00 0.97 (0.74–1.28) 0.76 (0.56–1.02) 0.66 (0.46–0.94) 0.009
All of the above 1.00 1.01 (0.76–1.33) 0.79 (0.59–1.07) 0.71 (0.50–1.01) 0.03
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Age- and treatment-adjusted model 1.00 0.64 (0.44–0.92) 0.74 (0.53–1.04) 0.64 (0.43–0.94) 0.09
Basic model 1.00 0.70 (0.46–1.05) 0.82 (0.56–1.21) 0.80 (0.52–1.22) 0.58
Basic model plus each set of risk factors below, added one group at a time:
 Blood pressure/hypertension 1.00 0.72 (0.48–1.10) 0.94 (0.64–1.39) 0.89 (0.58–1.38) 1.00
 Body mass index 1.00 0.74 (0.49–1.11) 0.90 (0.61–1.32) 0.83 (0.54–1.28) 0.69
 Hemoglobin A1c/diabetes 1.00 0.73 (0.48–1.10) 0.85 (0.58–1.25) 0.85 (0.55–1.31) 0.74
 Traditional lipids Total, LDL, HDL cholesterol 1.00 0.73 (0.49–1.10) 0.90 (0.61–1.32) 0.87 (0.56–1.33) 0.84
 Novel lipids Lp(a), Apo A1, Apo B100 1.00 0.71 (0.47–1.08) 0.88 (0.60–1.29) 0.84 (0.55–1.30) 0.77
 Homocysteine 1.00 0.70 (0.46–1.05) 0.83 (0.56–1.21) 0.80 (0.52–1.23) 0.58
 Inflammatory/hemostatic hsCRP, fibrinogen, sICAM-1 1.00 0.76 (0.51–1.15) 0.94 (0.64–1.38) 0.92 (0.60–1.41) 1.00
All of the above 1.00 0.78 (0.51–1.19) 1.04 (0.70–1.53) 1.04 (0.67–1.61) 0.54