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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 3.
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 3.

Association of physical activity across MET-minutes/week categories with other incident cardiovascular events

MET-minutes/week % (events/total) Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval)
Unadjusted Age-sex-race-adjusted Multivariable-adjusted**
Acute myocardial infarction* (n=5061)
  0 15 (67/437) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
  1–499 11 (146/1336) 0.63 (0.48–0.85); p=0.002 0.63 (0.47–0.85); p=0.002 0.68 (0.51–0.91); p=0.010
  500–999 11 (107/1002) 0.57 (0.42–0.78); p<0.001 0.56 (0.41–0.76); p<0.001 0.65 (0.47–0.89); p=0.007
  ≥1000 12 (266/2286) 0.60 (0.46–0.78); p<0.001 0.58 (0.44–0.76); p<0.001 0.68 (0.51–0.91); p=0.008
  P trend# 0.331 0.065 0.038 0.361
Angina pectoris* (n=4708)
  0 22 (88/393) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
  1–499 19 (230/1227) 0.75 (0.59–0.96); p=0.021 0.74 (0.58–0.95); p=0.017 0.79 (0.62–1.01); p=0.062
  500–999 19 (176/939) 0.70 (0.54–0.91); p=0.007 0.68 (0.53–0.88); p=0.004 0.79 (0.61–1.03); p=0.079
  ≥1000 19 (406/2149) 0.67 (0.54–0.85); p=0.001 0.66 (0.52–0.83); p<0.001 0.79 (0.62–1.01); p=0.056
  P trend## 0.347 0.018 0.013 0.459
Stroke* (n=5290)
  0 19 (84/447) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
  1–499 14 (188/1393) 0.64 (0.50–0.83); p=0.001 0.71 (0.55–0.92); p=0.011 0.76 (0.59–0.99); p=0.042
  500–999 12 (127/1051) 0.53 (0.40–0.70); p<0.001 0.60 (0.46–0.80); p<0.001 0.68 (0.52–0.91); p=0.008
  ≥1000 14 (323/2399) 0.56 (0.44–0.72); p<0.001 0.66 (0.52–0.85); p=0.001 0.75 (0.58–0.96); p=0.022
  P trend### 0.060 0.006 0.096 0.376

Abbreviation: MET, metabolic equivalent task

*

Exclude prevalent disease events

**

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 = 254.00, 500–999 = 725.45, ≥1000 = 2061.63

##

Median value for each category: 0 = 0, 1–499 = 255.89, 500–999 = 729.73, ≥1000 = 2051.98

###

Median value for each category: 0 = 0, 1–499 = 254.17, 500–999 = 724.50, ≥1000 = 2051.65