HRs* (and 95% CI) for all-cause mortality before 1 October 2009, by physical activity at baseline. The left columns show data from the entire sample, the right columns show data after excluding deaths in the first 2 years of follow-up.
| Entire sample | Excluding deaths in years 1 and 2 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | |||||||||
| Number of deaths | 1807 | 4705 | Men:women ratio | 1656 | 4214 | Men:women ratio | ||||||
| Physical activity (MET min/week) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) | HR | (95% CI) |
| None (0) | ||||||||||||
| Very low (1–<300) | 0.67 | (0.58 to 0.76) | 0.95 | (0.83 to 1.08) | 1.47 | (1.29 to 1.66) | 0.71 | (0.62 to 0.82) | 1.00 | (0.87 to 1.14) | 1.49 | (1.31 to 1.71) |
| Low (300–<450) | 0.59 | (0.48 to 0.71) | 0.86 | (0.76 to 0.98) | 1.32 | (1.17 to 1.49) | 0.60 | (0.49 to 0.74) | 0.86 | (0.75 to 0.98) | 1.27 | (1.12 to 1.45) |
| Moderate (450–<600) | 0.56 | (0.46 to 0.68) | 0.88 | (0.78 to 0.99) | 1.35 | (1.20 to 1.51) | 0.59 | (0.49 to 0.72) | 0.90 | (0.80 to 1.02) | 1.35 | (1.20 to 1.52) |
| Moderate-high (600–<1050) | 0.53 | (0.45 to 0.62) | 0.81 | (0.74 to 0.89) | 1.24 | (1.14 to 1.35) | 0.55 | (0.47 to 0.65) | 0.84 | (0.77 to 0.92) | 1.25 | (1.15 to 1.37) |
| High (1050–<1500) | 0.60 | (0.50 to 0.72) | 0.78 | (0.71 to 0.86) | 1.21 | (1.11 to 1.32) | 0.63 | (0.52 to 0.77) | 0.82 | (0.74 to 0.90) | 1.22 | (1.11 to 1.34) |
| Very high (≥1500) | 0.52 | (0.44 to 0.62) | 0.73 | (0.67 to 0.79) | 1.12 | (1.04 to 1.22) | 0.56 | (0.47 to 0.67) | 0.75 | (0.69 to 0.83) | 1.13 | (1.04 to 1.23) |
↵* Adjusted for age, marital status, education, body mass index, smoking, alcohol and chronic disease.
MET, metabolic equivalent.