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. 2016 Sep 14;5(9):e002495. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002495

Table 4.

Meta‐Analysis Results for 11.25 MET h/week Increase on CVD and T2DM: Sensitivity to Transformation Assumptions

Health Outcome (ICD‐10 Code) RR for 11.25 MET h/week Increase in PA, With 95% CIs
0.25 Power 0.375 Power 0.5 Power 0.75 Power Linear Log Linear
CVD incidence (I00–I99) 0.83 (0.77, 0.89) 0.85 (0.79, 0.91) 0.86 (0.80, 0.92) 0.89 (0.83, 0.96) 0.92 (0.86, 0.98) 0.91 (0.85, 0.97)
CVD mortality (I00–I99) 0.77 (0.71, 0.84) 0.78 (0.70, 0.87) 0.79 (0.70, 0.90) 0.80 (0.67, 0.95) 0.80 (0.63, 1.01) 0.82 (0.70, 0.95)
Stroke incidence (I60–I69) 0.82 (0.77, 0.87) 0.82 (0.77, 0.87) 0.82 (0.77, 0.88) 0.84 (0.77, 0.91) 0.85 (0.77, 0.94) 0.85 (0.77, 0.93)
CHD incidence (I20–I25) 0.80 (0.75, 0.86) 0.82 (0.77, 0.88) 0.84 (0.79, 0.90) 0.88 (0.82, 0.93) 0.90 (0.85, 0.96) 0.89 (0.84, 0.95)
CHD mortality (I20–25) 0.80 (0.58, 1.09) 0.81 (0.61, 1.08) 0.82 (0.63, 1.07) 0.84 (0.67, 1.05) 0.86 (0.70, 1.05) 0.85 (0.68, 1.06)
Heart failure incidence (I50) 0.81 (0.76, 0.86) 0.83 (0.79, 0.89) 0.86 (0.81, 0.91) 0.89 (0.84, 0.95) 0.92 (0.87, 0.98) 0.91 (0.86, 0.97)
MI incidence (I21–22) 0.75 (0.62, 0.89) 0.76 (0.63, 0.91) 0.77 (0.65, 0.93) 0.81 (0.67, 0.97) 0.84 (0.70, 1.00) 0.83 (0.69, 0.99)
T2DM incidence (E11) 0.74 (0.72, 0.77) 0.73 (0.71, 0.76) 0.72 (0.70, 0.75) 0.70 (0.68, 0.72) 0.68 (0.66, 0.70) 0.69 (0.67, 0.71)

CHD indicates coronary heart disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; ICD, International Classification of Disease; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; MI, myocardial infarction; PA, physical activity; RR, relative risk; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.