@article{ref1,
title="Physical Activity and Mortality Risk in the Japanese Elderly A Cohort Study",
journal="American journal of preventive medicine",
year="2010",
author="Ueshima, Kazumune and Ishikawa-Takata, Kazuko and Yorifuji, Takashi and Suzuki, Etsuji and Kashima, Saori and Takao, Soshi and Sugiyama, Mitsugi and Ohta, Toshizumi and Doi, Hiroyuki",
volume="38",
number="4",
pages="410-418",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Physical activity recommendations for older adults with poor health needs to be understood. PURPOSE: This study aims to examine the association between the frequency of physical activity and mortality among a sample of elderly subjects, most of whom were under treatment for pre-existing disease. METHODS: Data on the frequency of leisure-time physical activity, walking for transportation, and non-exercise physical activity were obtained from a population-based cohort study in Shizuoka, Japan. Of the randomly selected 22,200 residents aged 65-84 years, 10,385 subjects were followed from 1999 to 2006 and analyzed. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs were obtained for all-cause; cardiovascular disease (CVD); and cancer mortality, after adjusting for covariates such as pre-existing disease(s). A subgroup analysis that was restricted to subjects under treatment for pre-existing disease(s) at baseline was further conducted. Data were collected between 1999 and 2006, and all analyses were conducted in 2008 and 2009. RESULTS: Every physical activity was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and CVD mortality, among not only the total sample but even those under treatment. The HRs for CVD mortality among participants with 5 or more days of non-exercise physical activity per week for the total sample and those with pre-existing disease(s) were 0.38 (95% CI=0.22, 0.55) and 0.35 (95% CI=0.24, 0.52), respectively, compared with no non-exercise physical activity. The association between physical activity and cancer mortality was not clear. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests a protective effect of physical activity on all-cause and CVD mortality among Japanese elderly people with pre-existing disease.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-3797",
doi="10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.033",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.033"
}