TABLE 2.

Relative risk (±SE) of CHD or CVD associated with increasing percentiles of physical fitness or physical activity in studies reported in the Surgeon General's report on physical activity.

	Weighted by Person Years			Weighted by 1/SE²—No Interpolation			Weighted by 1/SE²—With Interpolation
Percentile	Fitness (rr)	Physical Activity (rr)	Difference (P)	Fitness ln(rr)	Physical Activity ln(rr)	Difference (P)	Fitness ln(rr)	Physical Activity ln(rr)	Difference (P)
1%	1.00±0.00	1.00±0.00	-	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	-	0.00±0.00	0.21±0.11	0.864
5%	1.00±0.00	1.00±0.00	-	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	-	0.10±0.04	0.12±0.06	0.835
10%	1.00±0.00	0.99±0.01	0.711	0.00±0.00	-0.01±0.01	0.713	0.00±0.02	0.06±0.03	0.051
15%	1.00±0.00	0.90±0.05	0.072	0.08±0.04	-0.07±0.05	0.000	-0.02±0.05	0.01±0.02	0.417
20%	0.76±0.13	0.90±0.05	0.367	-0.21±0.15^*	-0.07±0.05	0.314	-0.19±0.09^§	-0.02±0.01	0.000
25%	0.61±0.09^§	0.89±0.05^*	0.003	-0.39±0.16^§	-0.08±0.05^†	0.003	-0.32±0.13^§	-0.05±0.02^§	0.000
30%	0.58±0.09^§	0.87±0.05^†	0.002	-0.39±0.16^§	-0.11±0.05^§	0.007	-0.35±0.15^§	-0.08±0.02^§	0.000
35%	0.58±0.09^§	0.85±0.05^§	0.003	-0.39±0.16^§	-0.14±0.05^§	0.020	-0.39±0.15^§	-0.10±0.03^§	0.000
40%	0.57±0.08^§	0.85±0.05^§	0.002	-0.42±0.16^§	-0.14±0.05^§	0.015	-0.42±0.15^§	-0.13±0.04^§	0.000
45%	0.57±0.08^§	0.81±0.06^§	0.013	-0.42±0.16^§	-0.17±0.05^§	0.039	-0.45±0.14^§	-0.15±0.04^§	0.000
50%	0.54±0.08^§	0.80±0.06^§	0.008	-0.44±0.17^§	-0.17±0.05^§	0.033	-0.48±0.15^§	-0.17±0.05^§	0.000
55%	0.52±0.07^§	0.80±0.06^§	0.001	-0.53±0.12^§	-0.17±0.06^§	0.000	-0.51±0.16^§	-0.20±0.05^§	0.001
60%	0.49±0.11^§	0.75±0.07^§	0.036	-0.54±0.18^§	-0.21±0.07^§	0.009	-0.53±0.17^§	-0.22±0.06^§	0.002
65%	0.46±0.12^§	0.77±0.08^§	0.016	-0.54±0.19^§	-0.22±0.07^§	0.010	-0.56±0.19^§	-0.23±0.06^§	0.004
70%	0.46±0.12^§	0.74±0.06^§	0.024	-0.54±0.19^§	-0.28±0.06^§	0.022	-0.59±0.23^§	-0.25±0.06^§	0.007
75%	0.41±0.12^§	0.74±0.06^§	0.008	-0.63±0.30^§	-0.28±0.06^§	0.010	-0.62±0.25^§	-0.26±0.07^§	0.007
80%	0.40±0.12^§	0.74±0.06^§	0.005	-0.64±0.30^§	-0.28±0.06^§	0.009	-0.63±0.27^§	-0.28±0.07^§	0.017
85%	0.36±0.10^§	0.69±0.07^§	0.002	-0.73±0.28^§	-0.33±0.08^§	0.014	-0.64±0.29^§	-0.30±0.07^§	0.031
90%	0.36±0.10^§	0.69±0.06^§	0.001	-0.73±0.28^§	-0.31±0.07^§	0.007	-0.64±0.30^§	-0.31±0.07^§	0.044
95%	0.36±0.10^§	0.72±0.06^§	0.001	-0.73±0.28^§	-0.29±0.07^§	0.003	-0.76±0.30^§	-0.32±0.08^§	0.007
100%	0.36±0.10^§	0.72±0.06^§	0.001	-0.73±0.28^§	-0.29±0.07^§	0.003	-0.79±0.31^§	-0.32±0.08^§	0.006

Significance levels for relative risk different from one or log(relative risk) different than zero are coded;

P <0.05;

^†

P <0.01;

^§

P < 0.001.