Physical activity during early life and the risk of all-cause mortality in midlife: findings from a birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to examine the association between physical activity during childhood and adolescence and the risk of all-cause mortality in midlife. We analyzed data from a birth cohort (The 1958 National Child Development Survey), including births in England, Wales and Scotland.

Methods

Physical activity was assessed using questionnaires at ages 7, 11 and 16. Death certificates defined all-cause mortality. Cumulative exposure, sensitive and critical periods, and physical activity trajectory from childhood to adolescence were tested using multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. The sweep the death was confirmed was defined as the time event.

Results

From age 23 to 55, 8.9% of participants (n = 9398) died. Physical activity in childhood

SUBMITTER: Feter N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567256 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature