Combined association of recommended PA and CRF with all-cause mortality
| Unfit* | Fit* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Deaths (n) | Death rate† | RR‡ (95% CI) | No | Deaths (n) | Death rate† | RR‡ (95% CI) | |
| Men | ||||||||
| Recommended PA (MET-minutes/week) | ||||||||
| No (0–499) | 3792 | 335 | 84.0 | 1.00 (referent) | 14 298 | 723 | 41.7 | 0.62 (0.54 to 0.72) |
| Yes (≥500) | 485 | 19 | 76.0 | 0.96 (0.61 to 1.53) | 13 243 | 415 | 37.3 | 0.60 (0.51 to 0.70) |
| Women | ||||||||
| Recommended PA (MET-minutes/week) | ||||||||
| No (0–499) | 975 | 53 | 41.4 | 1.00 (referent) | 4963 | 122 | 22.6 | 0.61 (0.44 to 0.86) |
| Yes (≥500) | 140 | 4 | 36.9 | 0.93 (0.33 to 2.58) | 4477 | 51 | 20.0 | 0.56 (0.37 to 0.85) |
↵* Unfit was defined as the least fit 20% and fit was defined as the most fit 80% based on maximal treadmill test time.
↵† Death rate per 10 000 person-years adjusted for age and examination year.
↵‡ Adjusted for age, examination year, body mass index, smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and parental cardiovascular disease.
MET, metabolic equivalent; PA, physical activity; CRF, cardiorespiratory fitness.