Long-term changes in body weight and physical activity in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the HUNT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most previous studies have relied on single measurements of body weight and physical activity and have not considered the interplay between long-term changes in body weight and physical activity in relation to mortality. The aim of the current study was therefore to examine the joint effect of changes in body weight and leisure-time physical activity over a period of ~ 10 years on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

Methods

The study population comprised 34,257 individuals who participated in the first (1984-86) and second (1995-97) waves of the HUNT Study, and were followed up through the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry until December 31st, 2013. We used Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of death associated wit

SUBMITTER: Nordstoga AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6528195 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature