Ten-year mortality from coronary heart disease among 172,000 men classified by occupational physical activity.

Abstract

Ten-year mortality from coronary heart disease among 172,000 men classified by occupational physical activity. by Menotti A, Puddu V Key terms: coronary heart disease; epidemiology; heart disease; man; mortality; occupational physical activity; physical activity; risk factor years and employed by the Italian railroad system on 1 April 1963 have been classified by habitual physical activity at work and followed-up for death during a ten-year period. The overall crude mortality was 56.59 per 1,000 in ten years, and no significant differences were found between men in sedentary, moderate and heavy work. Age-corrected death rates for coronary heart disease, as manifested by myocardial infarction and sudden coronary death, were substantially different in the three activity groups, moderately active workers ranking first, sedentary workers second, but very close to the former, and very active workers being last. The age-corrected rates for all ages were 14.18, 12.55 and 7.63 per 1,000 in ten years, respectively. All differences were statistically sign]ficant, the mortality ratio between the sedentary and moderate groups oombined versus the heavy group being of the order of 1.75 to 1.

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“…In addition, a great potential exists for reducing the risk for CVD among those who initially had a sedentary lifestyle and became moderately active 27 ; however, those who maintained their sedentary lifestyle had a greater risk for CVD and all-cause mortality 28 . Multiple prospective studies published during the past 35 years have shown a strong, consistent and gradual correlation between recreational and occupational physical activity reported by individuals and cardiovascular events, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular mortality [29][30][31][32][33] . Several studies have suggested a progressive correlation between glucose levels and the increased risk for CVD in nondiabetic and diabetic individuals.…”

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“…4 In addition, Menotti and Puddu found that the mortality ratio of sedentary and moderately active Italian railroad workers (combined) vs. very active workers was 1.75. 5 Despite this research, few current population-based studies have adequately examined the role of OPA when studying the benefits of PA.…”