Fysisk aktivitet, röyking og dödelighet hos menn som deltok i Oslo-undersökelsene i 1972 og 2000
Engelsk titel: Physical activity, smoking and mortality among men who participated in the Oslo studies of 1972 and 2000
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Författare:
Holme, Ingar
;
Anderssen, Sigmund A
Email: ingar.holme@ous-hf.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 15
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 14107433
Sammanfattning
BACKGROUND Few Norwegian data are available on the importance of physical activity with regard to mortality. Our objective was to study mortality in light of leisure time
physical activity and smoking.
MATERIAL AND METHOD Men born in the period 1923 - 1932 were included in the Oslo Study in 1972 - 1973 and then investigated again in 2000. A total of 5738 men were
included in the analyses. Physical activity was registered as self-reported number of hours at low and high intensity, as well by the Gothenburg question on the degree of
leisure activity (sedentary, low, moderate, high). Cox regression analysis was used for statistical computation.
RESULTS After 12 years, men who reported a moderate amount of activity (approximately 30 minutes per day six times per week of low or high activity) in the year 2000 had a
40 % lower mortality rate than the physically inactive (the reference group). A change in activity level in older age was independently associated with a risk of death. The
Gothenburg question on amount of activity gave the same predictive information value as smoking.
INTERPRETATION Our data indicate that there is a dose-response relationship between the degree of physical activity and early death. An increase in activity was just as
strongly associated with reduced mortality as quitting smoking. Based on these data, physical activity should be recommended as a daily habit.