Phenome-wide association of physical activity with morbidity and mortality risk in China: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Research in high-income countries has established the health benefits of physical activity (PA), but evidence from low- and middle-income countries, including China, where PA patterns vary from those in high-income countries, remains limited. Moreover, previous research, mainly focused on specific diseases, failing to fully capture the health impacts of PA. We investigated the associations of PA with 425 distinct diseases and 53 causes of death using data from 511,088 participants aged 30-79 years in the China Kadoorie Biobank. Baseline PA was assessed using a questionnaire between 2004 and 2008, and usual PA levels were estimated using the resurvey data in 2013-2014. Cox regression was employed to estimate the associations between PA and outcomes, adjusting for potential confounders. Duri

SUBMITTER: Ke Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12277735 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature