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

Table 5 Hazard ratios for incidence of major vascular events, by volume and intensity of recreational physical activity (among 7564 participants)

Physical activity	Number of events	Mean age at event, years	Hazard ratio (95 % CI)
1–24 MET-hours per week
No vigorous	360	79.8	0.86 (0.77–0.95)
Some vigorous	80	80.1	0.83 (0.67–1.03)
Only vigorous	116	79.0	0.81 (0.67–0.97)
			Trend, 3 groups: χ² ₁ = 0.3 (P = 0.6)
≥25 MET-hours per week
No vigorous	398	79.8	0.85 (0.77–0.93)
Some vigorous	145	79.2	0.71 (0.60–0.84)
Only vigorous	15	81.1	0.64 (0.39–1.06)
			Trend, 3 groups: χ² ₁ = 4.1 (P = 0.04)

Hazard ratios were adjusted for age at risk, education and smoking. Participants reporting no recreational physical activity were referent