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Table 2 Hazard ratios for incidence of major vascular events versus recreational physical activity, with and without adjustment for potential confounders (among 7564 participants)

From: Physical activity and vascular disease in a prospective cohort study of older men: The Health In Men Study (HIMS)

Physical activity, MET-hours per week

Median MET-hours per week

Number of events

Hazard ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted for age at risk, education and smoking

Adjusted for age age at risk, education, smoking and other factorsa

Adjusted for age age at risk, education, smoking, other factorsa and BMI

0

0.0

443

1.00 (0.91–1.10)

1.00 (0.91–1.10)

1.00 (0.91–1.10)

1–14

9.0

274

0.88 (0.79–1.00)

0.85 (0.75–0.96)

0.86 (0.76–0.97)

15–24

17.5

282

0.81 (0.72–0.91)

0.81 (0.72–0.91)

0.83 (0.73–0.93)

25–39

30.0

263

0.81 (0.72–0.91)

0.80 (0.71–0.91)

0.83 (0.73–0.94)

≥40

54.0

295

0.80 (0.71–0.89)

0.80 (0.71–0.91)

0.83 (0.74–0.94)

   

Trend, 5 groups: χ2 1 = 8.6 (P = 0.003)

Trend, 5 groups: χ2 1 = 8.2 (P = 0.004)

Trend, 5 groups: χ2 1 = 5.1 (P = 0.02)

  1. aOther factors: place of birth, marital status, quantity of weekly alcohol intake, frequency that salt is added to food, use of blood pressure-lowering medication, use of cholesterol-lowering medication and diabetes