Table 3.
Dose–response parameters for different diseases.
| Disease | RR (mean (std))a | Corresponding exposure marginal MET h/week)b | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke; ischemic heart disease (IHD); other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases | 0.84 (0.03) | 5.4 | Hamer and Chida (2008) |
| Type-2 diabetes | 0.83 (0.04) | 5.6 | Jeon et al. (2007) |
| Colon cancer | Men: 0.80 (0.08); women: 0.86 (0.06) | Men 24.1; women 23.3 | Harriss et al. (2009) |
| Breast cancer | 0.94 (0.01) | 3.5 | Monninkhof et al. (2007) |
| Dementia and Alzheimer's disease | 0.72 (0.07) | 24.5 | Hamer and Chida (2009) |
| Depression | 0.96 (0.02) | 0.8 | Paffenbarger et al. (1994) |
a
Means and standard deviations are based on a normal distribution.
b
E.g. RR of 0.84 moving from no activity to 5.4 marginal MET h/week.