Associations of specific types of sports and exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular-disease mortality: a cohort study of 80 306 British adults

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 812-817

  Oja, Pekka ^a   Kelly, Paul ^b   Pedisic, Zeljko ^c   Titze, Sylvia ^d   Bauman, Adrian ^e   Foster, Charlie ^f   Hamer, Mark ^g   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^h   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^e  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Physical activity; Public health; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SCOTLAND; SPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SPORTS;

EID: 85000902995     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096822     Document Type: Article

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