Physical activity and mortality in women in the Framingham Heart Study
| Autor: | William B. Kannel, Janet L. Cobb, Scott E. Sherman, Ralph B. D'Agostino |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Longevity Physical activity Disease Cohort Studies Framingham Heart Study Risk Factors Cause of Death Internal medicine Humans Medicine Longitudinal Studies Mortality Cardiac risk Exercise Aged business.industry Age Factors Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Confidence interval Surgery Massachusetts Quartile Cardiovascular Diseases Relative risk Multivariate Analysis Women's Health Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | American Heart Journal. 128:879-884 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8703 |
| Popis: | Men who are more active live longer, but it is not clear if the same is true for women. We monitored 1404 women aged 50 to 74 who were free of cardiovascular disease. We assessed physical activity levels and ranked subjects into quartiles. After 16 years, 319 (23%) women had died. The relative risk of mortality, compared to the least active quartile, was as follows: second quartile, 0.95 (95% confidence interval [Cl] 0.72 to 1.26); third quartile, 0.63 (95% Cl 0.46 to 0.86); most active quartile, 0.67 (95% Cl 0.48 to 0.92). The relative risks were not changed by adjustment for cardiac risk factors, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or cancer or by excluding all subjects who died in the first 6 years (to eliminate occult disease at baseline). There was no association between activity levels and cardiovascular morbidity or mortality. We conclude that women who were more active lived longer; this effect was not the result of decreased cardiovascular disease. |
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