Table 1: Relative risk (95% confidence interval) estimates for categories of physical activity on disease-specific mortality, by age [9,17].

 

 

Highly active

Sufficiently active

Insufficiently active

Inactive

IHD

 

 

 

 

30-69

1.00

1.15 (1.04-1.28)

1.66 (1.14-2.41)

1.97 (1.56-2.47)

70-79

1.00

1.15 (1.00-1.32)

1.51 (1.00-2.27)

1.73 (1.36-2.19)

≥ 80

1.00

1.15 (0.94-1.41)

1.38 (0.86-2.21)

1.50 (1.14-1.96)

Stroke

 

 

 

 

30-69

1.00

1.12 (0.62-2.04)

1.23 (0.41-3.68)

1.72 (1.09-2.7)

70-79

1.00

1.12 (0.54-2.32)

1.21 (0.36-4.08)

1.55 (0.96-2.5)

≥ 80

1.00

1.12 (0.36-3.53)

1.18 (0.23-6.05)

1.39 (0.80-2.4)

IHD

 

 

 

 

30-69

1.00

1.00

1.44 (1.28-1.62)

1.71 (1.58-1.85)

70-79

1.00

1.00

1.31 (1.17-1.48)

1.50 (1.38-1.61)

≥ 80

1.00

1.00

1.20 (1.07-1.35)

1.30 (1.21-1.41)

Stroke

 

 

 

 

30-69

1.00

1.00

1.10 (0.89-1.37)

1.53 (1.31-1.79)

70-79

1.00

1.00

1.08 (0.87-1.33)

1.38 (1.18-1.60)

≥ 80

1.00

1.00

1.05 (0.85-1.30)

1.24 (1.06-1.45)

 

Inactive: no moderate or vigorous activities; Insufficiently active: < 600 MET/minutes/week; Sufficiently active: ≥ 600 MET/minutes/week;

Highly active: ≥ 1600 MET/ minutes /week; IHD: Ischaemic Heart Disease