Associations of Resistance Exercise with Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Resistance exercise (RE) can improve many cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, but specific data on the effects on CVD events and mortality are lacking. We investigated the associations of RE with CVD and all-cause mortality and further examined the mediation effect of body mass index (BMI) between RE and CVD outcomes.

Methods

We included 12,591 participants (mean age, 47 yr) who received at least two clinical examinations 1987-2006. RE was assessed by a self-reported medical history questionnaire.

Results

During a mean follow-up of 5.4 and 10.5 yr, 205 total CVD events (morbidity and mortality combined) and 276 all-cause deaths occurred, respectively. Compared with no RE, weekly RE frequencies of one, two, three times or total amount of 1-59 min were as

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7385554 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature