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

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Hazard ratios for cause-specific incidence of major vascular events versus recreational physical activity (among 7564 participants)

Physical activity, MET-hours per week	Median MET-hours per week	Ischaemic heart disease		Stroke		Other vascular
Physical activity, MET-hours per week	Median MET-hours per week	n	Hazard ratio (95 % CI)	n	Hazard ratio (95 % CI)	n	Hazard ratio (95 % CI)
0	0.0	243	1.00 (0.88–1.14)	147	1.00 (0.85–1.18)	53	1.00 (0.76–1.32)
1–14	9.0	128	0.76 (0.64–0.90)	112	1.07 (0.89–1.29)	34	0.92 (0.66–1.29)
15–24	17.5	153	0.81 (0.69–0.95)	99	0.84 (0.69–1.02)	30	0.72 (0.50–1.03)
25–39	30.0	150	0.85 (0.73–1.00)	87	0.79 (0.64–0.97)	26	0.66 (0.45–0.97)
≥40	54.0	159	0.80 (0.68–0.93)	106	0.85 (0.71–1.03)	30	0.66 (0.46–0.94)
		Trend, 5 groups: χ² ₁ = 2.6 (P = 0.11)		Trend, 5 groups: χ² ₁ = 3.3 (P = 0.07)		Trend, 5 groups: χ² ₁ = 4.3 (P = 0.04)

Hazard ratios adjusted for age at risk, education and smoking; for hazard ratios further adjusted for BMI, see Additional file 5: Table S5

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