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Table 4 Mortality rates and hazard ratio for all-cause death between categories of physical activity levels in the Tromsø study 1994-2008 until end of follow up on December 31, 2015

From: Correction to: A prospective study on the effect of self-reported health and leisure time physical activity on mortality among an ageing population: results from the Tromsø study

 

Counts

Died

Hazard ratio (Univariate models)

Hazard ratio (Adjusted model)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

Self-Reported Health

Poor

1125

416

5.24 (3.88, 7.06)

2.51 (1.84, 3.42)

Not so good

8914

2581

3.16 (2.53, 3.94)

2.10 (1.68, 2.64)

Good

15689

2045

1.64 (1.39, 1.94)

1.35 (1.14, 1.59)

Very good (ref)

4432

230

1.00

1.00

Hard physical activity levels

Sedentary

13075

3446

1.69 (1.50, 1.91)

1.32 (1.16, 1.49)

Some high intensity

9596

891

1.03 (0.90, 1.19)

1.01 (0.88, 1.17)

Moderate high intensity

6936

587

0.98 (0.85, 1.13)

1.00 (0.86, 1.15)

Vigorous high intensity

3412

339

1.00

1.00

Light physical activity levels

None

13075

3446

1.61 (1.50, 1.74)

1.23 (1.13, 1.33)

<1 hour per week

9596

891

1.20 (1.11, 1.31)

1.02 (0.94, 1.11)

1-2 hours per week

6936

587

1.04 (0.97, 1.11)

0.97 (0.91, 1.04)

>3 hours per week

3412

339

1.00

1.00

Time Varying Covariates

Self-Reported Health

  

1.016

1.009

1.023

1.009

1.002

1.016

  1. HR Hazard ratio, Number of participants = 24831, deaths=5508, Time at risk = 466436 person years
  2. Univariate models: Estimates are controlled for gender and age. SRH was entered as time varying covariate to
  3. The adjusted model: Estimates are controlled for gender, age, comorbid disease, mental health symptoms, cardio-vascular disease risk factors, BMI and smoking habits. SRH was entered as time varying covariate to control for interaction with time