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Table 2 Levels of physical activity in people with metabolic syndrome and HRs of all-cause and CVD-related deathsa

From: Even low level of physical activity is associated with reduced mortality among people with metabolic syndrome, a population based study (the HUNT 2 study, Norway)

 

All-cause mortality

CVD-related deaths

PA index

Number

Person-years

Deaths

HRb

HRc (95% CI)

Ptrend

Deaths

HRb

HRc (95% CI)

Ptrend

< 65 years old

9,883

         

   Inactivec

 

9,357

70

1.0

1.0 (Ref.)

 

15

1.0

1.0 (reference value)

 

   Low

 

41,723

203

0.62

0.71 (0.54 to 0.94)

 

61

0.87

1.03 (0.58 to 1.83)

 

   Moderate

 

30,398

114

0.52

0.58 (0.43 to 0.79)

 

26

0.56

0.63 (0.33 to 1.20)

 

   High

 

28,119

73

0.46

0.52 (0.37 to 0.73)

 

17

0.51

0.60 (0.29 to 1.22)

 
      

< 0.001

   

0.02

≥65 years old

3,566

         

   Inactived

 

5,620

375

1.0

1.0 (Ref.)

 

171

1.0

1.0 (reference value)

 

   Low

 

13,347

522

0.76

0.75 (0.65 to 0.86)

 

235

0.76

0.76 (0.62 to 0.93)

 

   Moderate

 

10,157

361

0.70

0.65 (0.56 to 0.76)

 

140

0.61

0.58 (0.46 to 0.74)

 

   High

 

4,293

121

0.69

0.59 (0.47 to 0.74)

 

46

0.59

0.52 (0.37 to 0.73)

 
      

< 0.001

   

< 0.001

  1. aCVD, cardiovascular disease; PA, physical activity; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; badjusted for age (continuous); cadjusted for age (continuous), sex (men and women), marital status (married or unmarried, widow or widower, divorced or separated), education level attained (≤10 years, 11 to 14 years, ≥15 years and unknown), alcohol consumption (frequency during past two weeks: none, one to four, at least five, total abstainer and unknown), smoking status (never, former, current or unknown), occupational activity (mostly sedentary, much walking, much walking and lifting or heavy physical work); dinactive participants served as the reference group.