Table 4. Survival analyses of underlying cause of death vs. categories of physical activity adjusted for medication use and BMI_baseline.

	Total exercise energy expenditure, MET-hours/d
	1.07 to 1.8	1.8 to 3.6	≥3.6
Total mortality*	0.960	0.743	0.748
	(0.851, 1.084)	(0.665, 0.830)	(0.661, 0.847)
	P = 0.51	P = 10−6	P = 10−5
Cardiovascular disease†	0.871	0.708	0.750
	(0.704, 1.077)	(0.582, 0.862)	(0.602, 0.935)
	P = 0.20	P = 0.0005	P = 0.01
Ischemic heart disease†	1.011	0.923	0.877
	(0.752, 1.360)	(0.708, 1.202)	(0.651, 1.182)
	P = 0.94	P = 0.55	P = 0.39
Cerebrovascular disease†	0.779	0.655	0.584
	(0.476, 1.274)	(0.418, 1.025)	(0.338, 1.009)
	P = 0.32	P = 0.06	P = 0.05
Heart failure†	0.798	0.635	0.681
	(0.329, 1.939)	(0.280, 1.439)	(0.247, 1.877)
	P = 0.62	P = 0.28	P = 0.46
Hypertensive disease†	0.462	0.312	0.788
	(0.155, 1.375)	(0.108, 0.899)	(0.306, 2.028)
	P = 0.16	P = 0.03	P = 0.62
Dysrhythmia†	1.183	0.381	0.395
	(0.555, 2.522)	(0.161, 0.903)	(0.150, 1.039)
	P = 0.66	P = 0.03	P = 0.06
Other circulatory disease†	0.788	0.588	0.959
	(0.436, 1.424)	(0.334, 1.035)	(0.548, 1.677)
	P = 0.43	P = 0.07	P = 0.88
Diabetes†	0.791	0.556	0.166
	(0.360, 1.738)	(0.256, 1.207)	(0.038, 0.731)
	P = 0.56	P = 0.14	P = 0.02

^*Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) from Cox proportional hazard analyses. † Semi-hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) from competing risk regression analyses. See table 2 for adjustments. Hazard and semi-hazard ratios relative to <1.07 MET-hours/d.