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Table 6 HRs and 95% CIs for the most common activities (≥10% participating) and high-intensity leisure-time physical activity divided into tertiles

From: Leisure-time physical activities and the risk of cardiovascular mortality in the Malmö diet and Cancer study

 

No activity

1

2

3

Trend (per category)

High-intensity exercise

 N total/n deaths

18,313/2005

3746/268

2066/144

1751/147

 

 Mean MET-h/week

0

2.29

6.53

18.25

 

 Mean hours/week

0

0.33

0.93

2.57

 

 Basic modela

1.00

0.74 (0.65–0.84)

0.75 (0.63–0.89)

0.77 (0.65–0.91)

0.88 (0.84–0.93)

 Multivariable modelb

1.00

0.81 (0.71–0.92)

0.82 (0.69–0.97)

0.82 (0.69–0.97)

0.92 (0.87–0.96)

 Multivariable model incl. BMIc

1.00

0.82 (0.72–0.93)

0.82 (0.69–0.97)

0.84 (0.70–0.99)

0.92 (0.88–0.97)

Running

 N total/n deaths

23,255/2446

1031/36

736/34

854/48

 

 Mean MET-h/week

0

2.25

5.73

16.05

 

 Mean hours/week

0

0.32

0.82

2.29

 

 Basic model

1.00

0.52 (0.37–0.72)

0.56 (0.40–0.78)

0.61 (0.46–0.81)

0.79 (0.73–0.87)

 Multivariable model

1.00

0.60 (0.43–0.84)

0.63 (0.45–0.88)

0.68 (0.51–0.90)

0.84 (0.77–0.91)

 Multivariable model incl. BMI

1.00

0.63 (0.46–0.88)

0.65 (0.46–0.91)

0.71 (0.53–0.94)

0.85 (0.78–0.93)

Swimming

 N total/n deaths

20,725/2134

1860/136

1928/157

1363/137

 

 Mean MET-h/week

0

1.22

3.68

10.88

 

 Mean hours/week

0

0.17

0.53

1.55

 

 Basic model

1.00

0.78 (0.65–0.92)

0.83 (0.70–0.97)

1.00 (0.84–1.19)

0.96 (0.91–1.00)

 Multivariable model

1.00

0.84 (0.70–0.999)

0.90 (0.76–1.05)

1.03 (0.86–1.22)

0.98 (0.93–1.03)

 Multivariable model incl. BMI

1.00

0.85 (0.71–1.02)

0.89 (0.75–1.04)

1.01 (0.85–1.21)

0.97 (0.93–1.02)

Cycling

 N total/n deaths

9938/1149

5292/420

5463/489

5183/506

 

 Mean MET-h/week

0

2.28

7.50

19.80

 

 Mean hours/week

0

0.57

1.87

4.95

 

 Basic model

1.00

0.72 (0.64–0.81)

0.77 (0.69–0.85)

0.84 (0.76–0.94)

0.93 (0.90–0.96)

 Multivariable model

1.00

0.77 (0.69–0.87)

0.83 (0.74–0.92)

0.90 (0.81–1.01)

0.96 (0.92–0.99)

 Multivariable model incl. BMI

1.00

0.79 (0.71–0.89)

0.84 (0.76–0.94)

0.93 (0.83–1.03)

0.96 (0.93–0.998)

Gymnastics

 N total/n deaths

19,923/2139

3203/229

962/62

1788/134

 

 Mean MET-h/week

0

2.26

3.98

8.54

 

 Mean hours/week

0

0.57

0.99

2.13

 

 Basic model

1.00

0.81 (0.70–0.93)

0.70 (0.54–0.90)

0.82 (0.69–0.98)

0.90 (0.86–0.95)

 Multivariable model

1.00

0.89 (0.78–1.03)

0.76 (0.59–0.97)

0.90 (0.76–1.08)

0.94 (0.89–0.99)

 Multivariable model incl. BMI

1.00

0.93 (0.81–1.07)

0.77 (0.60–1.00)

0.94 (0.79–1.12)

0.96 (0.91–1.01)

  1. aAdjusted for age, sex and screening date
  2. bAdjusted for age, sex, screening date, education, smoking status, alcohol, diet index and total energy intake
  3. cAdjusted for age, sex, screening date, education, smoking status, alcohol, diet index, total energy intake and BMI