Physical activity and mortality in men and women with coronary heart disease: a prospective population-based cohort study in Norway (the HUNT study)
Why the study?
Does physical activity reduce mortality in men and women with established coronary heart disease?
Population
3,504 adults with established coronary heart disease from the Norwegian Nord-Trøndelag health study.
Comparison
Physical activity. vs No physical activity (reference category).
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
18 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
One weekly session may lower mortality in CHD; leaves open causality and needs RCTs before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does physical activity reduce mortality in men and women with established coronary heart disease?
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Population
3,504 adults (2,137 men and 1,367 women) with established coronary heart disease from the Norwegian Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT study).
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Intervention
Physical activity (exercise amount and intensity measured at baseline).
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Comparator
No physical activity (reference category).
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Outcome
All-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality over 18 years of follow-up.hard clinical
Exercise training, even as little as one session per week, significantly reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with established coronary heart disease.
Cite This Study
Moholdt et al. (2008) studied this question.