Recommended physical activity and all cause and cause specific mortality in US adults: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between recommended physical activity according to the 2018 physical activity guidelines for Americans and all cause and cause specific mortality using a nationally representative sample of US adults. DESIGN:Population based cohort study. SETTING:National Health Interview Survey (1997-2014) with linkage to the National Death Index records to 31 December 2015. PARTICIPANTS:479 856 adults aged 18 years or older. EXPOSURES:Participant self-reports of the amount of leisure time spent in aerobic physical activity and muscle strengthening activity each week were combined and categorised into four groups: insufficient activity, aerobic activity only, muscle strengthening only, and both aerobic and muscle strengthening activities according to the physical act

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature