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150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week predicts survival and successful ageing: a population-based 11-year longitudinal study of 12 201 older Australian men

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  • Osvaldo P Almeida School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia WA Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karim M Khan Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Aspetar: Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Centre for Hip Health & Mobility, Vancouver Hospital, Vancouver, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Graeme J Hankey School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bu B Yeap School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Department of Endocrinology, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jonathan Golledge Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Leon Flicker WA Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Osvaldo P Almeida, School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences (M573), University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; osvaldo.almeida{at}uwa.edu.au
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Almeida OP, Khan KM, Hankey GJ, et al
150 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week predicts survival and successful ageing: a population-based 11-year longitudinal study of 12 201 older Australian men
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014;48:220-225.

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  • Accepted August 12, 2013
  • First published September 3, 2013.
Online issue publication 
January 10, 2014

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