Exercise and incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and site-specific cancers: prospective cohort study of 257 854 adults in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to examine the longitudinal associations of exercise frequency with the incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and 10 different cancer outcomes.

Design

A prospective cohort study.

Setting

Physical examination data linked with the entire South Korean population's health insurance system: from 2002 to 2015.

Participants

257 854 South Korean adults who provided up to 7 repeat measures of exercise (defined as exercises causing sweat) and confounders.

Primary outcome measures

Each disease incidence was defined using both fatal and non-fatal health records (a median follow-up period of 13 years).

Results

Compared with no exercise category, the middle categories of exercise freq

SUBMITTER: Kim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6430026 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature