Participation in specific leisure-time activities and mortality risk among U.S. adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This prospective cohort study examined the association between specific leisure-time activity and mortality risk.

Methods

Data are from 1999 to 2006 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys and included adults followed through December 31, 2015 (n = 17,938, representing 191,463,892 U.S. adults). Participants reported specific leisure-time activities performed at moderate-to-vigorous intensity. Walking, bicycling, running, dance, golf, stretching, and weightlifting were examined. Cox proportional hazards models (adjusted hazard ratios [aHRs]; 95% confidence intervals [CIs]) assessed the association of individual activities with the risk of all-cause mortality, CVD mortality, and cancer mortality.

Results

Over a median follow-up of 11.9 years, 3799

SUBMITTER: Porter AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7857044 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature