TY - JOUR
T1 - Cycling and sports, but not walking, are associated with 10-year cardiovascular disease incidence: the MORGEN Study
AU - Hoevenaar-Blom, M.P.
AU - Wendel-Vos, G.C.W.
AU - Spijkerman, A.M.W.
AU - Kromhout, D.
AU - Verschuren, W.M.M.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Background: Physical activity is inversely related to cardiovascular diseases. However, the type of activities that contribute most to these beneficial effects remain unclear. For this reason, we investigated self-reported leisure time physical activities in relation to fatal/nonfatal cardiovascular disease incidence.
Design: The Dutch Monitoring Project on Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Study, carried out between 1993 and 1997, is a prospective cohort study of over 23 000 men and women aged 20-65 years from the general Dutch population.
Methods: From 1994 till 1997 physical activity was assessed with a questionnaire in 7451 men and 8991 women who were followed for an average of 9.8 years. Cox proportional hazards models were used adjusting for age, sex, other physical activities, smoking, alcohol consumption, and educational level.
Results: Almost the entire study population (97%) was engaged in walking, about 75% in regular cycling, and about half the population in sports or gardening. Cycling [hazard ratio (HR): 0.82, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.71-0.95] and sports (HR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.64-0.87) were both inversely related to cardiovascular disease incidence, whereas walking and gardening were not. For sports (P
AB - Background: Physical activity is inversely related to cardiovascular diseases. However, the type of activities that contribute most to these beneficial effects remain unclear. For this reason, we investigated self-reported leisure time physical activities in relation to fatal/nonfatal cardiovascular disease incidence.
Design: The Dutch Monitoring Project on Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Study, carried out between 1993 and 1997, is a prospective cohort study of over 23 000 men and women aged 20-65 years from the general Dutch population.
Methods: From 1994 till 1997 physical activity was assessed with a questionnaire in 7451 men and 8991 women who were followed for an average of 9.8 years. Cox proportional hazards models were used adjusting for age, sex, other physical activities, smoking, alcohol consumption, and educational level.
Results: Almost the entire study population (97%) was engaged in walking, about 75% in regular cycling, and about half the population in sports or gardening. Cycling [hazard ratio (HR): 0.82, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.71-0.95] and sports (HR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.64-0.87) were both inversely related to cardiovascular disease incidence, whereas walking and gardening were not. For sports (P
KW - coronary-heart-disease
KW - physical-activity
KW - leisure-time
KW - primary prevention
KW - all-cause
KW - mortality
KW - metaanalysis
KW - cohort
KW - women
KW - netherlands
U2 - 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833bfc87
DO - 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833bfc87
M3 - Article
SN - 1741-8267
VL - 18
SP - 41
EP - 47
JO - European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
JF - European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
IS - 1
ER -
