Table 4. Hazard ratio for cause specific mortality associated with level of physical activity the Hordaland Health Study.
| Cardiovascular diseases | Cancer | Respiratory diseases | Trauma /accidents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR for linear trend (95%CI) | P-value* | HR for linear trend (95%CI) | P-value* | HR for linear trend (95%CI) | P-value* | HR for linear trend (95%CI) | *P-Value | |
| N = 344 | N = 520 | N = 89 | N = 103 | |||||
| Crude Model | 0.75 (0.63–0.88) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.79–1.02) | 0.096 | 0.45 (0.32–0.62) | <0.001 | 0.93 (0.70–1.22) | 0.588 |
| Adj. for gender and age | 0.69 (0.59–0.81) | <0.001 | 0.89 (0.78–1.01) | 0.068 | 0.42 (0.30–0.58) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.69–1.18) | 0.454 |
| Marital statusx | 0.69 (0.59–0.81) | <0.001 | 0.89 (0.78–1.01) | 0.072 | 0.41 (0.30–0.57) | <0.001 | 0.91 (0.69–1.19) | 0.469 |
| Educationx | 0.73 (0.62–0.86) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.79–1.03) | 0.128 | 0.42 (0.30–0.58) | <0.001 | 0.92 (0.70–1.21) | 0.539 |
| Alcoholx | 0.69 (0.59–0.81) | <0.001 | 0.88 (0.77–1.00) | 0.051 | 0.42 (0.30–0.58) | <0.001 | 0.91 (0.69–1.19) | 0.486 |
| Smokingx | 0.72 (0.62–0.85) | <0.001 | 0.94 (0.83–1.07) | 0.373 | 0.45 (0.33–0.63) | <0.001 | 0.95 (0.72–1.25) | 0.706 |
| BMIx | 0.70 (0.59–0.82) | <0.001 | 0.88 (0.77–1.00) | 0.044 | 0.39 (0.28–0.55) | <0.001 | 0.89 (0.68–1.17) | 0.398 |
| Cholesterolx | 0.69 (0.59–0.81) | <0.001 | 0.88 (0.76–1.00) | 0.054 | 0.42 (0.30–0.58) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.69–1.18) | 0.455 |
| Systolic BPx | 0.69 (0.59–0.82) | <0.001 | 0.88 (0.78–1.00) | 0.058 | 0.41 (0.30–0.58) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.69–1.18) | 0.444 |
| Diastolic BPx | 0.69 (0.59–0.82) | <0.001 | 0.88 (0.78–1.01) | 0.061 | 0.41 (0.30–0.58) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.69–1.18) | 0.461 |
| Somatic diagnosisx | 0.72 (0.61–0.84) | <0.001 | 0.89 (0.79–1.02) | 0.084 | 0.45 (0.32–0.62) | <0.001 | 0.91 (0.70–1.19) | 0.501 |
| Mental healthx** | 0.71 (0.60–0.83) | <0.001 | 0.89 (0.79–1.02) | 0.085 | 0.43 (0.31–0.60) | <0.001 | 1.00 (0.76–1.32) | 0.988 |
| Fully adjusted | 0.78 (0.66–0.92) | 0.003 | 0.94 (0.82–1.07) | 0.359 | 0.45 (0.32–0.63) | <0.001 | 1.04 (0.79–1.38) | 0.761 |
HR indicating the slope for risk associated with physical activity analysed as a continuous variable with three levels; low intensity, short duration, low intensity, longer duration and high intensity.
*From Cox model
xAlso adjusted for age and gender.
BMI: Body mass index, BP: Blood pressure
**7-item CONOR-MHI, continuous measure
Bold: statistically significant associations (p<0.05)