Combined health risks of cigarette smoking and low levels of physical activity: a prospective cohort study in England with 12-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To (1) estimate the combined risks of cigarette smoking and physical inactivity for chronic disease, disability and depressive symptoms and (2) determine whether risks associated with these behaviours are additive or synergistic.

Design and setting

Longitudinal observational population study using data from Waves 2 (2004/2005) through 8 (2016/2017) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a prospective study of community-dwelling older adults in England.

Participants

6425 men and women aged ≥52 years (mean (SD) 65.88 (9.34) years) at baseline.

Main outcome measures

Smoking status (never, former, current) and level of physical activity (high, defined as moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) more than once a week; low, defined as MVPA once a w

SUBMITTER: Jackson SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6887020 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature