Table 1.
Relative risks.
| Health outcome | Sex | Low category (1–149 minutes' walking for transportation per week) |
High category (150+ minutes' walking for transportation per week) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-cause mortality [23] | Combined | 0.95 (0.98–0.92)a | 0.90 (0.96–0.85) |
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| CHD [24] | Male Female |
0.99 (1.08–0.91)c
0.95 (1.08–0.83)c |
0.99 (1.10–0.90)c
0.80 (0.92–0.69)c |
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| Type 2 diabetes [26] | Combined | 0.77 (1.02–0.58)b | 0.69 (0.88–0.54)b |
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| Hypertension [26] | Combined | 0.76 (0.94–0.61)b | 0.69 (0.83–0.58)b |
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| Stroke [25] | Male Female |
0.94 (1.06–0.83)c
0.88 (1.01–0.77)c |
0.88 (1.02–0.77)c
0.87 (1.01–0.75)c |
a95% confidence interval shown for all relative risks.
bAdjusted for race, education, income, and smoking status.
cAdjusted for education, smoking status, alcohol consumption, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol, history of diabetes, and occupational and leisure-time physical activity.