Table 3.

Adjusted HRs and 95% CI for Incident HF Associated With Higher Category of PA, Overall and Among Participants With or Without a High‐Risk Characteristic^a

	PA Category			P for Interaction
	Poor	Intermediate	Recommended
Overall (N=13 810)	Reference (1)	0.86 (0.78–0.94)	0.78 (0.72–0.85)
No ASCVD (n=12 559)	Reference (1)	0.87 (0.79–0.96)	0.74 (0.68–0.82)	0.02
ASCVD (n=1251)	Reference (1)	0.78 (0.61–1.01)	0.91 (0.74–1.13)
No hypertension (n=6914)	Reference (1)	0.83 (0.70–0.97)	0.79 (0.69–0.92)	0.45
Hypertension (n=6896)	Reference (1)	0.91 (0.81–1.02)	0.82 (0.73–0.91)
No obesity (n=10 148)	Reference (1)	0.88 (0.78–0.99)	0.84 (0.75–0.94)	0.81
Obesity (n=3662)	Reference (1)	0.93 (0.80–1.08)	0.82 (0.71–0.95)
No diabetes mellitus (n=12 273)	Reference (1)	0.90 (0.81–1.00)	0.83 (0.75–0.91)	0.02
Diabetes mellitus (n=1537)	Reference (1)	0.82 (0.68–1.01)	0.72 (0.60–0.87)
No metabolic syndrome (n=10 700)	Reference (1)	0.87 (0.77–0.97)	0.81 (0.73–0.90)	0.70
Metabolic syndrome (n=3110)	Reference (1)	0.89 (0.76–1.04)	0.79 (0.69–0.92)

ASCVD indicates atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; HF, heart failure; HRs, hazard ratios; and PA, physical activity.

^aAdjusted for age, sex, race, smoking status, and alcohol intake.