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Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2013 Feb 4;168(3):1905–1909. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.12.053

Table 2.

Association of physical activity across MET-minutes/week categories with incident heart failure

MET-minutes/week	% (events/total)	Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)
MET-minutes/week	% (events/total)	Unadjusted	Age-sex-race-adjusted	Multivariable-adjusted^*
0	26 (128/489)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)
1–499	23 (338/1458)	0.79 (0.64–0.97); p=0.022	0.87 (0.71–1.06); p=0.170	0.97 (0.79–1.20); p=0.807
500–999	20 (213/1086)	0.61 (0.49–0.75); p<0.001	0.68 (0.54–0.85); p=0.001	0.86 (0.69–1.08); p=0.201
≥1000	19 (458/2470)	0.53 (0.44–0.65); p<0.001	0.60 (0.49–0.74); p<0.001	0.79 (0.64–0.97); p=0.026
P trend^#	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.003

Abbreviation: MET, metabolic equivalent task

Adjusted with age, sex, race, education, income, alcohol, smoking, body mass index, coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, atrial fibrillation, left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, depression score, Mini-mental state examination score, serum cholesterol, serum albumin, serum creatinine and serum C-reactive protein

Median value for each category: 0 = 0, 1–499 = 253.00, 500–999 = 729.50, ≥1000 = 2054.50