. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 11.

Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2019 Aug 1;16(9):698–705. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2018-0671

Table 3.

Adjusted association between participation in each sport/exercise categorized as ≥30 minutes per week and risk for incident CVD; The ARIC Study, 1987–2015 (n=13,204)

Sport/exercise^a	HR (95% CI)^b
Aerobics	0.74 (0.60, 0.90)^**
Basketball	0.92 (0.65, 1.29)
Bicycling	1.03 (0.92, 1.16)
Calisthenics	0.87 (0.75, 1.02)
Golf walking	0.87 (0.73, 1.04)
Racquet Sports	0.74 (0.57, 0.95)^*
Running	0.68 (0.53, 0.88)^**
Swimming	1.11 (0.92, 1.34)
Walking	0.91 (0.85, 0.98)^*
Weight training	0.81 (0.62, 1.05)

p<0.05,

^**

p<0.01,

^***

p<0.001

Note: CVD = Cardiovascular Disease; ARIC = Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; HR = Hazard Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval

Categorized as ≥30 minutes per week, yes vs. no (referent)

All models adjusted for marital status, income, race by study site, smoking, alcohol, education, age*sex, tv watching, BMI, active transportation, and total sport/exercise minutes/week minus minutes/week for specific activity