Table 3.

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of atrial fibrillation (AF) for categories of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) by sex, race, and baseline risk of AF

	No MVPA	Low MVPA	Recommended MVPA	High MVPA	P for interaction
HR (95% CI)
Sex
Female	1 (ref.)	0.76 (0.57, 1.01)	0.89 (0.67, 1.17)	0.89 (0.64, 1.23)	0.82
Male	1 (ref.)	0.76 (0.53, 1.08)	0.83 (0.60, 1.14)	1.03 (0.76, 1.40)
Race
Black	1 (ref.)	0.57 (0.32, 1.04)	0.70 (0.39, 1.27)	0.48 (0.17, 1.38)	0.49
White	1 (ref.)	0.80 (0.63, 1.02)	0.89 (0.71, 1.11)	1.02 (0.81, 1.28)
Baseline AF risk
< 10%	1 (ref.)	0.80 (0.56, 1.15)	0.86 (0.62, 1.20)	0.78 (0.54, 1.15)	0.20
≥ 10%	1 (ref.)	0.74 (0.56, 0.99)	0.83 (0.63, 1.09)	1.06 (0.82, 1.38)

Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, 2011–2019

Cox regression models adjusted for age, sex and race/center (if applicable), education, alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, diabetes, hypertension, prevalent coronary heart disease, prevalent heart failure, body mass index, and Short Physical Performance Battery score