Key result
Meeting the physical activity guidelines was associated with a lower 5-year all-cause mortality risk (HR 0.59), and this association remained stable in the US adult population over the last two decades.
Why the study?
Does meeting physical activity guidelines reduce mortality in US adults?
Population
482,756 US adults from 17 annual representative samples in the National Health Interview Survey (1998-2014)
Comparison
Meeting the 2018 US Physical Activity Guidelines vs Not meeting the physical activity guidelines
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5-year
Authors
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Meeting PA guidelines was associated with lower mortality without temporal variation; extends observational evidence on stability but should not yet alter practice.
Observational (n=482,756)
Does meeting physical activity guidelines reduce mortality in US adults?
Hazard Ratio: 0.59 (95% CI 0.55–0.63)
Meeting physical activity guidelines is associated with a significant reduction in 5-year all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, a benefit that has remained stable over the past two decades despite other societal and medical changes.
Martínez‐Gómez et al. (2023) conducted an observational in All-cause mortality (n=482,756). Meeting the 2018 US Physical Activity Guidelines vs. Not meeting the physical activity guidelines was evaluated on 5-year all-cause mortality (HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.55, 0.63). Meeting the physical activity guidelines was associated with a lower 5-year all-cause mortality risk (HR 0.59), and this association remained stable in the US adult population over the last two decades.
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