Table 3.
Association of amount of leisure-time physical activity with risk of death by disease status at baseline
| LTPA cohort | Subjects with cancer, stroke and/or CHD diagnosis at baseline |
Subjects with only diabetes and/or hypertension at baselineb |
Healthy subjects at baseline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of deaths/ No. of subjects | HRa | (95% CI) | No. of deaths/ No. of subjects | HRa | (95% CI) | No. of deaths/ No. of subjects | HRa | (95% CI) | |
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All subjects |
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| None/almost none (0 or < 1 h/wk) | 5790/18 355 | 1.00 | (reference) | 13 991/71 245 | 1.00 | (reference) | 26 182/243 229 | 1.00 | (reference) |
| Low (1.0-2.9 h/wk) | 892/3042 | 0.85 | 0.76-0.95 | 2128/11 594 | 0.82 | 0.77-0.87 | 3920/36 942 | 0.87 | 0.83-0.92 |
| Intermediate (3.0-4.9 h/wk) | 648/2537 | 0.81 | 0.70-0.92 | 1661/8445 | 0.89 | 0.82-0.96 | 2316/21 572 | 0.85 | 0.81-0.88 |
| High (≥ 5.0 h/wk) | 1351/5023 | 0.81 | 0.73-0.89 | 2992/14 384 | 0.86 | 0.80-0.93 | 3987/31 361 | 0.85 | 0.81-0.90 |
| P for trend | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
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Excluding first 3 years of follow-up |
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| None/almost none (0 or < 1 h/wk) | 4427/16 794 | 1.00 | (reference) | 12 166/68 533 | 1.00 | (reference) | 23 297/237 479 | 1.00 | (reference) |
| Low (1.0-2.9 h/wk) | 702/2801 | 0.88 | 0.78-0.99 | 1891/11 182 | 0.84 | 0.78-0.90 | 3549/35 970 | 0.89 | 0.84-0.94 |
| Intermediate (3.0-4.9 h/wk) | 545/2411 | 0.85 | 0.74-0.98 | 1482/8175 | 0.92 | 0.86-0.99 | 2081/21 144 | 0.86 | 0.82-0.90 |
| High (≥ 5.0 h/wk) | 1096/4737 | 0.84 | 0.76-0.92 | 2646/13 966 | 0.89 | 0.83-0.97 | 3591/30 756 | 0.88 | 0.84-0.92 |
| P for trend | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||
LTPA, leisure-time physical activity; hr=/wk –==, hours per week.
a
The calculations of hazard ratios were adjusted for age, sex, educational level, marital status and smoking pack-years.
b
Subjects did not have any diagnosis of cancer, stroke or CHD at baseline.