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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Jun 19;50(1):101–106. doi: 10.1167/iovs.08-2165

TABLE 2.

Relative risk per kilometer/day run (95% Confidence Interval) from Cox proportional hazards analyses of AMD in 41,708 men and women

All Runners Runners Reporting Their 10-km Performance Times*
Relative Risk for Physical Activity (km/day) Relative Risk for Physical Activity (km/day) Relative Risk for Cardiorespiratory Fitness (m/s)
Without BMI adjustment 0.90 0.90 0.96
(0.84-0.96) (0.84-0.97) (0.63-1.43)
P = 0.002 P = 0.006 P = 0.83
BMI adjusted 0.90 0.90 0.92
(0.83-0.97) (0.83-0.97) (0.60-1.39)
P = 0.003 P = 0.005 P = 0.69

Adjusted for age, sex, smoker status, and intakes of meat, fish, fruit, and alcohol.

*

34,035 men and women provided 10-km performance times (i.e., cardiorespiratory fitness).