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- Title
Does the Benefit on Survival from Leisure Time Physical Activity Depend on Physical Activity at Work? A Prospective Cohort Study.
- Authors
Holtermann, Andreas; Marott, Jacob Louis; Gyntelberg, Finn; Søgaard, Karen; Suadicani, Poul; Mortensen, Ole Steen; Prescott, Eva; Schnohr, Peter
- Abstract
Purpose: To investigate if persons with high physical activity at work have the same benefits from leisure time physical activity as persons with sedentary work. Methods: In the Copenhagen City Heart Study, a prospective cohort of 7,411 males and 8,916 females aged 25--66 years without known cardiovascular disease at entry in 1976--78, 1981--83, 1991--94, or 2001--03, the authors analyzed with sex-stratified multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression the association between leisure time physical activity and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among individuals with different levels of occupational physical activity. Results: During a median follow-up of 22.4 years, 4,003 individuals died from cardiovascular disease and 8,935 from all-causes. Irrespective of level of occupational physical activity, a consistently lower risk with increasing leisure time physical activity was found for both cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among both men and women. Compared to low leisure time physical activity, the survival benefit ranged from 1.5--3.6 years for moderate and 2.6--4.7 years for high leisure time physical activity among the different levels of occupational physical activity. Conclusion: Public campaigns and initiatives for increasing physical activity in the working population should target everybody, irrespective of physical activity at work.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL fitness research; LEISURE research; SEDENTARY lifestyles; HEART diseases; MORTALITY; ADVERTISING campaigns
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0054548