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Table 4 Risk of deatha by pattern of physical activity adjusted for age, sex and education (n = 2412)

From: Physical activity, obesity and mortality: does pattern of physical activity have stronger epidemiological associations?

  

Adjusted hazard ratios (95% CI)

Adjusted subhazard ratios (95% CI)

  

All-cause mortality

CVD deaths

CHD deaths

(445 deaths)

(185 deaths)

(69 deaths)

PA time1 (1982/3)

Inactiveb

1.0

1.0

1.0

Moderately active

0.68 (0.54–0.85)**

0.89 (0.62–1.28)

0.88 (0.48–1.62)

Highly active

0.65 (0.49–0.85)**

0.73 (0.47–1.15)

0.83 (0.40–1.72)

PA time 3 (1994)

Inactiveb

1.0

1.0

1.0

Moderately active

0.62 (0.49–0.78)**

0.87 (0.60–1.27)

0.58 (0.33–1.03)

Highly active

0.43 (0.32–0.58)**

0.57 (0.35–0.93)*

0.53 (0.26–1.09)

PA pattern

Inactive/low maintainersb

1.00

1.0

1.0

Mixed pattern

0.66 (0.50–0.87)**

1.08 (0.66–1.77)

0.59 (0.30–1.18)

Active maintainers

0.41 (0.28–0.59)**

0.61 (0.33–1.15)

0.38 (0.15–0.96)*

  1. a Excludes those with baseline reported CVD
  2. b Reference category
  3. *p ≤ 0.05 **p ≤ 0.01