April 1, 1995Archives of Family Medicine
Self-reported physical activity predicts long-term coronary heart disease and all-cause mortalities. Twenty-one-year follow-up of the Israeli Ischemic Heart Disease Study
Why the study?
Does self-reported physical activity reduce coronary heart disease and all-cause mortalities in middle-aged men without known cardiovascular disease?
Population
8,463 Israeli male government employees, aged 40 years or older, representing six areas of birth, excluding…
Comparison
Higher baseline levels of self-reported… vs Lower baseline levels of self-reported physical…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
21 years
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Discussion
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Implication
Associated with lower CHD and all-cause mortality in middle-aged men; supports observational data but leaves causality and dosing open for RCTs.
Structured PICO
Does self-reported physical activity reduce coronary heart disease and all-cause mortalities in middle-aged men without known cardiovascular disease?
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Population
8,463 Israeli male government employees, aged 40 years or older, representing six areas of birth, excluding those with known cardiovascular disease in either 1963 or 1965
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Intervention
Higher baseline levels of self-reported leisure-time and work-related physical activities measured in 1965
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Comparator
Lower baseline levels of self-reported physical activities
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Outcome
Rates of death due to CHD and all causes, determined from death certificates in 21 years of follow-uphard clinical
Self-reported leisure-time physical activity, even light and less than daily, is associated with reduced long-term CHD and all-cause mortality in middle-aged men.
Cite This Study
Charles B. Eaton (1995) studied this question.