TABLE 3.
Association between television viewing and all-cause mortality in 240,819 participants reporting no heart disease or cancer at baseline, by selected participant characteristics: NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study1
| Television viewing2 |
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| Characteristic | No. of deaths | <1 h/d | 1–2 h/d | 3–4 h/d | 5–6 h/d | ≥7 h/d | P-trend |
| Sex | |||||||
| Women | 6011 | 1.00 | 1.05 (0.93, 1.19) | 1.17 (1.04, 1.32) | 1.35 (1.19, 1.54) | 1.70 (1.48, 1.97) | <0.0001 |
| Men | 11,033 | 1.00 | 1.03 (0.94, 1.14) | 1.14 (1.03, 1.25) | 1.30 (1.17, 1.43) | 1.57 (1.39, 1.76) | <0.0001 |
| Age | |||||||
| 50–59 y | 2981 | 1.00 | 1.03 (0.89, 1.20) | 1.17 (1.01, 1.36) | 1.35 (1.14, 1.60) | 1.83 (1.51, 2.23) | <0.0001 |
| 60–64 y | 4398 | 1.00 | 1.04 (0.90, 1.21) | 1.23 (1.06, 1.42) | 1.43 (1.23, 1.67) | 1.70 (1.42, 2.03) | <0.0001 |
| 65–71 y | 9665 | 1.00 | 1.03 (0.92, 1.14) | 1.08 (0.98, 1.20) | 1.23 (1.10, 1.38) | 1.50 (1.32, 1.70) | <0.0001 |
| Race-ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 15,808 | 1.00 | 1.03 (0.95, 1.11) | 1.14 (1.05, 1.22) | 1.30 (1.20, 1.41) | 1.60 (1.45, 1.76) | <0.0001 |
| Black | 584 | 1.00 | 1.22 (0.63, 2.34) | 1.26 (0.67, 2.38) | 1.54 (0.81, 2.94) | 2.04 (1.06, 3.94) | <0.0001 |
| Education | |||||||
| High school or less | 1783 | 1.00 | 0.94 (0.72, 1.24) | 0.99 (0.76, 1.28) | 1.15 (0.88, 1.51) | 1.34 (0.99, 1.82) | 0.0002 |
| Some college | 4242 | 1.00 | 1.10 (0.93, 1.31) | 1.19 (1.01, 1.41) | 1.33 (1.12, 1.59) | 1.64 (1.34, 2.00) | <0.0001 |
| College graduate | 6086 | 1.00 | 1.01 (0.92, 1.12) | 1.15 (1.04, 1.27) | 1.38 (1.24, 1.55) | 1.58 (1.35, 1.84) | <0.0001 |
| BMI | |||||||
| 18.5–24.9 kg/m2 | 5778 | 1.00 | 1.02 (0.91, 1.15) | 1.11 (0.99, 1.24) | 1.24 (1.10, 1.40) | 1.52 (1.31, 1.77) | <0.0001 |
| 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 | 6867 | 1.00 | 0.98 (0.87, 1.11) | 1.08 (0.96, 1.22) | 1.27 (1.12, 1.44) | 1.39 (1.20, 1.62) | <0.0001 |
| ≥30.0 kg/m2 | 4169 | 1.00 | 1.13 (0.93, 1.38) | 1.22 (1.00, 1.48) | 1.33 (1.09, 1.62) | 1.82 (1.47, 2.24) | <0.0001 |
| Smoking | |||||||
| Never | 4210 | 1.00 | 1.16 (1.01, 1.32) | 1.29 (1.13, 1.47) | 1.52 (1.31, 1.76) | 2.00 (1.67, 2.38) | <0.0001 |
| Former | 8396 | 1.00 | 1.02 (0.92, 1.15) | 1.12 (1.00, 1.25) | 1.34 (1.19, 1.50) | 1.67 (1.46, 1.90) | <0.0001 |
| Current | 3790 | 1.00 | 0.87 (0.72, 1.04) | 0.97 (0.82, 1.15) | 1.05 (0.88, 1.26) | 1.30 (1.07, 1.57) | <0.0001 |
| Chronic conditions | |||||||
| None3 | 2100 | 1.00 | 1.19 (0.95, 1.50) | 1.28 (1.02, 1.60) | 1.42 (1.12, 1.81) | 1.79 (1.37, 2.35) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes | 2386 | 1.00 | 1.16 (0.88, 1.54) | 1.36 (1.04, 1.79) | 1.57 (1.19, 2.08) | 1.88 (1.40, 2.53) | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension | 9330 | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.90, 1.08) | 1.09 (0.99, 1.19) | 1.18 (1.07, 1.31) | 1.48 (1.32, 1.67) | <0.0001 |
| High cholesterol | 8934 | 1.00 | 1.03 (0.93, 1.16) | 1.07 (0.96, 1.19) | 1.26 (1.13, 1.41) | 1.57 (1.38, 1.78) | <0.0001 |
| Diet quality (HEI-2005) | |||||||
| Low (quintile 1) | 4756 | 1.00 | 1.00 (0.85, 1.18) | 1.15 (0.98, 1.35) | 1.26 (1.07, 1.48) | 1.71 (1.43, 2.04) | <0.0001 |
| High (quintile 5) | 2636 | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.84, 1.17) | 1.14 (0.97, 1.34) | 1.35 (1.13, 1.62) | 1.52 (1.20, 1.91) | <0.0001 |
Values were adjusted for age (y), sex (male, female), race (white, black, other, missing), education (<12 y, high school graduate, some college, college graduate, missing), smoking history (never; quit, ≤20 cigarettes/d; quit, >20 cigarettes/d; current, ≤20 cigarettes/d; current, >20 cigarettes/d; unknown), diet quality (quintiles), and moderate-vigorous physical activity (never/rarely; <1, 1–3, 4–7, >7 h/wk), as appropriate. HEI-2005, Healthy Eating Index–2005.
Values are HRs: 95% CIs in parentheses.
No report of diabetes, hypertension, or high cholesterol.