Table 4

Joint models of aerobic activity and weightlifting for all-cause mortality risk

Aerobic activity
No MVPASome MVPAMeets MVPAExceeds MVPA
WeightliftingNone1.00 reference0.76 (0.73 to 0.78)0.68 (0.65 to 0.70)0.66 (0.62 to 0.70)
<1 time/month0.78 (0.66 to 0.93)0.65 (0.54 to 0.78)0.67 (0.52 to 0.85)0.51 (0.27 to 0.99)
1–3 times/month0.85 (0.75 to 0.97)0.65 (0.59 to 0.72)0.56 (0.49 to 0.62)0.55 (0.41 to 0.74)
1–2 times/week0.80 (0.71 to 0.92)0.67 (0.63 to 0.72)0.59 (0.54 to 0.64)0.53 (0.44 to 0.63)
3–>7 times/week0.91 (0.80 to 1.04)0.73 (0.68 to 0.79)0.61 (0.57 to 0.65)0.63 (0.57 to 0.69)

  • Models adjusted for age at questionnaire (where weightlifting was assessed), sex, education, smoking, alcohol intake, current body mass index, race, and number of comorbidities. Aerobic moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) categories are none (0 min per week), some (1–149 min/week), meets (150–300 min/week) and exceeds (>301 min/week). P value for the weightlifting* aerobic activity term was 0.69.

  • HR and 95% CIs are presented, weighted estimates to the whole cohort.