Table 2.
Associations of all‐cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality with flights of stairs climbed per day
| Flights of stairs (around 10) climbed per day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (n = 20 226) | 1–5 (n = 52 190) | 6–10 (n = 106 396) | 11–15 (n = 56 001) | ≥16 (n = 45 610) | |
| All‐cause mortality | |||||
| Hazard ratio (95% CI) | 1 (reference) | 1.01 (0.94, 1.10) | 0.91 (0.85, 0.98) | 0.92 (0.85, 0.99) | 0.93 (0.86, 1.02) |
| RMSTD, days (95% CI) | (reference) | −27.43 (−97.14, 42.28) | 45.73 (−0.62, 92.08) | 55.79 (−8.54, 120.12) | 41.77 (−30.30, 113.85) |
| Deaths | 1018 | 1967 | 3385 | 1714 | 1361 |
| Cancer mortality | |||||
| Hazard ratio (95% CI) | 1 (reference) | 0.99 (0.90, 1.10) | 0.88 (0.80, 0.97) | 0.91 (0.82, 1.01) | 0.92 (0.82, 1.02) |
| RMSTD, days (95% CI) | (reference) | −25.47 (−76.90, 25.95) | 19.93 (−14.94, 54.80) | 22.52 (−25.77, 70.82) | 8.14 (−46.26, 62.53) |
| Deaths | 590 | 1158 | 2039 | 1068 | 848 |
| CVD mortality | |||||
| Hazard ratio (95% CI) | 1 (reference) | 1.14 (0.95, 1.37) | 1.08 (0.91, 1.29) | 1.05 (0.86, 1.28) | 1.04 (0.84, 1.28) |
| RMSTD, days (95% CI) | (reference) | −11.21 (−47.09, 24.67) | −1.29 (−27.72, 25.14) | −8.04 (−46.84, 30.75) | −1.04 (−42.71, 40.62) |
| Deaths | 167 | 365 | 622 | 295 | 228 |
CI, confidence Interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; RMSTD, restricted mean survival time difference.
The analysis was adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, type of accommodation (house/flat), Townsend deprivation index, education, marital status, employment, total annual income before tax, physical activity, diet pattern, salt consumption, screen time, smoking, alcohol, body mass index, walking pace, depression, diabetes, hypertension, use of statins and longstanding illness, disability, or infirmity.