All-cause mortality HR (95% CI) | CVD mortality HR (95% CI) | Cancer mortality HR (95% CI) | |||||
Deaths (n) | Model A | Model A+MVPA* | Model A | Model A+MVPA | Model A | Model A+MVPA | |
Weightlifting Yes (vs no) | 3835 | 0.79 (0.76 to 0.81) | 0.91 (0.88 to 0.94) | 0.76 (0.76 to 0.80) | 0.91 (0.86 to 0.97) | 0.85 (0.80 to 0.91) | 0.96 (0.90 to 1.02) |
Weightlifting frequency | |||||||
Never | 22 086 | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) |
Less than once/month | 300 | 0.82 (0.74 to 0.92) | 0.84 (0.76 to 0.94) | 0.84 (0.70 to 1.03) | 0.86 (0.71 to 1.05) | 0.88 (0.72 to 1.07) | 0.91 (0.75 to 1.11) |
One to three times/month | 874 | 0.80 (0.75 to 0.85) | 0.85 (0.79 to 0.91) | 0.82 (0.73 to 0.92) | 0.89 (0.79 to 0.99) | 0.80 (0.71 to 0.90) | 0.85 (0.75 to 0.96) |
One to two times/week | 1712 | 0.76 (0.73 to 0.80) | 0.86 (0.82 to 0.91) | 0.73 (0.97 to 0.79) | 0.85 (0.78 to 0.93) | 0.88 (0.81 to 0.96) | 0.97 (0.89 to 1.06) |
Three to 7+times/week | 2123 | 0.79 (0.75 to 0.82) | 0.93 (0.89 to 0.98) | 0.76 (0.71 to 0.82) | 0.95 (0.88 to 1.03) | 0.81 (0.75 to 0.88) | 0.93 (0.85 to 1.01) |
Per unit increase in weightlifting category | 0.93 (0.92 to 0.94) | 0.97 (0.96 to 0.98) | 0.92 (0.91 to 0.94) | 0.97 (0.96 to 0.99) | 0.95 (0.93 to 0.96) | 0.98 (0.96 to 0.99) | |
P for trend | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.002 | <0.0001 | 0.03 | |
MVPA groups | |||||||
None Some Meets Exceeds | 11 203 9574 5365 1788 | 1.00 (ref) 0.76 (0.74 to 0.78) 0.68 (0.65 to 0.70) 0.66 (0.63 to 0.70) | 1.00 (ref) 0.73 (0.69 to 0.77) 0.65 (0.62 to 0.69) 0.65 (0.60 to 0.71) | 1.00 (ref) 0.78 (0.74 to 0.82) 0.70 (0.66 to 0.75) 0.70 (0.64 to 0.77) |
Weighted estimates to the whole cohort are presented.
Model A adjusted for age at follow-up questionnaire, sex, education, smoking, alcohol intake, current body mass index category, race and number of comorbidities.
*These results include covariates from model A plus each group of aerobic activity guidelines (inactive 0 min of activity, insufficient 1–149 min of activity, meets guidelines 150–300 min of activity, highly active >301 minutes of activity).
CVD, cardiovascular disease; MVPA, moderate–vigorous physical activity.