Børge Moe|Eivin Eilertsen|Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen
The Combined Effect of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Diabetes on Cardiovascular Mortality
Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
objective examine leisuretime physical activity could cancel adverse effect diabetes cardiovascular mortality research design methods study prospectively examined combined effect clinical diabetes reported leisuretime physical activity cardiovascular mortality data 53587 norwegian men women participating populationbased nordtrndelag health hunt study 19951997 linked cause death registry statistics norway results overall 1716 people died cardiovascular disease followup 2008 compared reference group 3077 physically inactive people without diabetes 121 inactive people diabetes adjusted hazard ratio hr 281 95 ci 193407 hr 95 ci among people reported 3 h light activity per week 089 048163 diabetes n 403 078 063096 n 17714 analyses stratified total activity level showed gradually weaker association diabetes mortality increasing activity level pinteraction 0003 conclusions data suggest even modest physical activity may cancel adverse impact diabetes cardiovascular mortality