The Association of Sport and Exercise Activities With Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study assessed the independent associations between participation in self-reported sport and exercise activities and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods

Data were from 13,204 participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study cohort (1987-2015). Baseline sport and exercise activities were assessed via the modified Baecke questionnaire. Incident CVD included coronary heart disease, heart failure, or stroke. Multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazard models assessed the association of participation in specific sport and exercise activities at enrollment with risk of CVD.

Results

During a median follow-up time of 25.2 years, 30% of the analytic sample (n = 3966) was diagnosed with incident CVD. In fully adjusted models, participa

SUBMITTER: Porter AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6994359 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature