Association Between Active Commuting and Incident Cardiovascular Diseases in Chinese: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Active commuting is related to a higher level of physical activity but more exposure to ambient air pollutants. With the rather serious air pollution in urban China, we aimed to examine the association between active commuting and risk of incident cardiovascular disease in the Chinese population. Methods and Results A total of 104 170 urban commuters without major chronic diseases at baseline were included from China Kadoorie Biobank. Self-reported commuting mode was defined as nonactive commuting, work at home or near home, walking, and cycling. Multivariable Cox regression was used to examine associations between commuting mode and cardiovascular disease. Overall, 47.2% of the participants reported nonactive commuting, 13.4% reported work at home or work near home, 20.1% repor

SUBMITTER: Fan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6818036 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature