A prospective study of walking as compared with vigorous exercise in the prevention of coronary heart disease in women
A prospective study of walking as compared with vigorous exercise in the prevention of coronary heart disease in women
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm199908263410904
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发表时间:
1999-08-26
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Hennekens, CH
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作者:
Manson, JE;Hu, FB;Hennekens, CH
Background The role of walking, as compared with vigorous exercise, in the prevention of coronary heart disease remains controversial, and data for women on this topic are sparse.Methods We prospectively examined the associations between the score for total physical activity, walking, and vigorous exercise and the incidence of coronary events among 72,488 female nurses who were 40 to 65 years old in 1986. Participants were free of diagnosed cardiovascular disease or cancer at the time of entry and completed serial detailed questionnaires about physical activity. During eight years of follow-up, we documented 645 incident coronary events (nonfatal myocardial infarction or death from coronary disease).Results There was a strong, graded inverse association between physical activity and the risk of coronary events. As compared with women in the lowest quintile group for energy expenditure (expressed as the metabolic-equivalent [MET] score), women in increasing quintile groups had age-adjusted relative risks of 0.77 0.65, 0.54, and 0.46 for coronary events (P for trend