Longevity in male and female joggers: The Copenhagen City Heart Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 683-689

  Schnohr, Peter ^a   Marott, Jacob L ^b   Lange, Peter ^b   Jensen, Gorm B ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

all cause mortality; cause specific mortality; females; jogging; males

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WALKING;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HABIT; HUMAN; JOGGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JOGGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

EID: 84875240310     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws301     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Lamppa R. Marathon, half-marathon and state of sport report. Colorado Springs, CO: Running USA; 2011. (http://www. runningusa.org/node/76115). (Accessed June 26, 2012).
2. Opie LH. Sudden death and sport. Lancet. 1975;(i):263-266.
3. Noakes TD, Lionel MB, Opie LH, et al. Autopsy-proved coronary atherosclerosis in marathon runners. N Engl J Med. 1979;301(2):86-89.
4. Thompson PD, Stern MP, Williams P, et al. Death during jogging or running: a study of 18 cases. JAMA. 1979; 242(12):1265-1267.
5. Waller BF, Roberts WC. Sudden death while running in conditioned runners aged 40 years or over. Am J Cardiol. 1980;45(6):1292-1300.
6. Thompson PD, Funk EJ, Carleton RA, et al. Incidence of death during jogging in Rhode Island from 1975 through 1980. JAMA. 1982;247(18):2535-2538.
7. Bassler TJ. Marathon running and immunity to atherosclerosis. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1977;301(1):579-592.
8. Siscovick DS, Weiss NS, Fletcher RH, et al. The incidence of primary cardiac arrest during vigorous exercise. N Engl J Med. 1984;311(14):874-877.
9. Powel KE, Thompson PD, Caspersen CJ, et al. Physical activity and the incidence of coronary heart disease. Annu Rev Public Health. 1987;8:253-287.
10. Sherman SE, D?Agostino RB, Cobb JL, et al. Does exercise reduce mortality rates in the elderly? Experience from the Framingham Study. Am Heart J. 1994;128(5):965-972.
11. Lee IM, Hsieh CC, Paffenbarger RS Jr. Exercise intensity and longevity in men. The Harvard Alumni Health Study. JAMA. 1995;273(15):1179-1184.
12. Blair SN, Kohl HW III, Barlow CE, et al. Changes in physical fitness and all-cause mortality. JAMA. 1995; 273(14):1093-1098.
13. Hakim AA, Petrowitch H, Burchfiel CM, et al. Effects of walking on mortality among nonsmoking retired men. N Engl J Med. 1998;338(2):94-99.
14. Schnohr P, Scharling H, Jensen JS. Changes in leisure-time physical activity and risk of death: an observational study of 7,000 men and women. Am J Epidemiol. 2001;158(7): 639-644.
15. Paffenbarger RS, Hyde RT, Wing AL, et al. Physical activity, all-cause mortality, and longevity of college alumni. N Engl J Med. 1986;314(10):605-613.
16. Leon AS, Cornett J, Jacobs DR, et al. Leisure-time physical activity levels and risk of coronary heart disease and death. The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. JAMA. 1987; 258(17):2388-2395.
17. Schnohr P, Jensen G, Lange P, et al. The Copenhagen City Heart Study. Tables with data from the third examination 1991-1994. Eur Heart J. 2001;3(suppl H):H1-H83.
18. Schnohr P. Physical activity in leisure time: impact on mortality. Risks and benefits [thesis]. Dan Med Bull. 2009; 56(1):40-71.
19. Rose GA, Blackburn H. Cardiovascular survey methods. In: World Health Organization Monographs Series 56. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1968.
20. Lin DY, Wei LJ, Ying Z. Checking the Cox model with cumulative sums of martingale-based residuals. Biometrika. 1993;80(3):557-572.
21. President?s Council on Physical Fitness. Adult physical fitness: a program for men and women. Prepared by the President?s Council on Physical Fitness. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 1965.
22. Pate RR, Pratt M, Blair SN, et al. Physical activity and public health. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine. JAMA. 1995;273(5):402-407.
23. Haskell WL, Lee IM, Pate RR, et al. Physical activity and public health. Updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2007;116(5):1081-1093.
24. Albert CM, Mittleman MA, Chae CU, et al. Triggering of sudden death from cardiac causes by vigorous exertion. N Engl J Med. 2000;343(19):1355-1361.
25. Kim JH, Malhotra R, Chiampas G, et al.. Cardiac arrest during long-distance running races. N Engl J Med. 2012; 366(2):130-140.
26. Samitz G, Egger M, Zwahlen M. Domains of physical activity and all-cause mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies. Int J Epidemiol. 2011;40(5):1382-1400.
27. Schnohr P, Parner J, Lange P. Mortality in joggers: population based study of 4,658 men. BMJ. 2000; 321(7261):602-603.
28. M?hlenlenkamp S, Lehmann N, Breuckmann F, et al. Running: the risk of coronary events. Prevalence and prognostic relevance of coronary atherosclerosis in marathon runners. Eur Heart J. 2008;29(15):1003-1010.
29. Tanesescu M, Leitzman MF, Rimm EB, et al. Exercise type and intensity in relation to coronary heart disease in men. JAMA. 2002;288(16):1994-2000.
30. Kesanniemi YA, Danforth E Jr, Jensen MD, et al. Doseresponse issues concerning physical activity and health: an evidence-based symposium. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2001; 33(suppl):S351-S358.
31. Speed CA, Shapiro LM. Exercise prescription in cardiac disease. Lancet. 2000;356(9237):1208-1210.
32. Rauramaa R, Salonen JT, Seppanen K, et al. Inhibition of platelet aggregation by moderate-intensity physical exercise: a randomised clinical trial in overweight men. Circulation. 1986;74(5):939-944.
33. Geffken DF, Cusman M, Burke GL, et al. Associations between physical activity and markers of inflammation in a healthy elderly population. Am J Epidemiol. 2001;153(3): 242-250.
34. Schnohr P, Kristensen TS, Prescott E, et al. Stress and life dissatisfaction are inversely associated with jogging and other types of physical activity in leisure time-The Copenhagen City Heart Study. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2005;15(2):107-112.
35. Schnohr P, Scharling H, Jensen JS. Intensity versus duration of walking, impact on mortality: the Copenhagen City Heart Study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007;14(1):72-78.
36. Schnohr P, Marott JL, Jensen JS, et al. Intensity versus duration of cycling, impact on all-cause mortality: the Copenhagen City Heart Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2012; 19(1):73-80.
37. Leon AS, Blackburn H. The relationship of physical activity to coronary heart disease and life expectancy. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1977;301(1):561-578.