Estimating the effect of long-term physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: evidence from the Framingham heart study

Susan Marlene Shortreed; Anna Peeters; Andrew Benjamin Forbes

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303461

Estimating the effect of long-term physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: evidence from the Framingham heart study

Susan Marlene Shortreed, Anna Peeters, Andrew Benjamin Forbes

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital

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Abstract

Cumulative long-term PA has a protective effect on incidence of all-cause and CVD-attributable mortality compared with long-term physical inactivity. In men, but not women, long-term PA also appears to have a protective effect on incidence of CVD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	649 - 654
Number of pages	6
Journal	Heart
Volume	99
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303461
Publication status	Published - 2013

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