Table 5 Risk of death^a by patterns of sport (n = 2834) and active travel pattern (n = 2829) adjusted for age, sex and education

PA measure

All-cause mortality

CVD deaths

CHD deaths

(668 deaths)

(290 deaths)

(125 deaths)

Sport time1 (1982/3)

None^c

1.0

1.0

1.0

Any

0.79 (0.66, 0.95)*

0.50 (0.36, 0.69)**

0.44 (0.26, 0.74)** .

Sport time2 (1988)

None^c

1.0

1.0

1.0

Any

0.66 (0.55, 0.79)**

0.57 (0.43, 0.77)**

0.51 (0.32, 0.83)**

Sport pattern

No sport at time1 & time2^c

1.0

1.0

1.0

Mixed sport reported once

0.80 (0.67, 0.97)*

0.78 (0.56, 1.04)

0.74 (0.47, 1.15)

Sport maintainers at time1 & time2

0.62 (0.49, 0.79)**

0.33 (0.20, 0.53)**

0.25 (0.11, 0.58)**

All-cause mortality

CVD deaths

CHD deaths

(664 deaths)

(291 deaths)

(125 deaths)

Active travel time1^b (1982/3)

40+ mins^c

1.0

1.0

1.0

20–39 min

0.96 (0.80, 1.16)

0.97 (0.73, 1.29)

0.88 (0.57, 1.37)

0–19 min

1.11 (0.92, 1.34)

1.13 (0.85, 1.50)

0.75 (0.47, 1.19)

Active travel time2^b (1988)

40+ mins^c

1.0

1.0

1.0

20–39 min

1.09 (0.89, 1.32)

0.98 (0.72, 1.32)

1.06 (0.67, 1.66)

0–19 min

1.44 (1.17, 1.78)**

1.19 (0.86, 1.63)

1.07 (0.65, 1.77)

Active travel pattern^b

40+ mins maintainers^c

1.0

1.0

1.0

Mixed pattern

1.06 (0.90, 1.25)

1.01 (0.79, 1.29)

0.95 (0.66, 1.37)

0–19 min maintainers

1.42 (1.07, 1.88)*

1.30 (0.85, 1.97)

1.10 (0.58, 2.11)