BMI: Body Mass Index; SF-36 PCS: Short Form 36 physical component summary; SF-36 MCS: Short Form 36 mental component summary; Physical activity: How physically active at leisure time have you been in the last year?
These findings indicate that it is particularly important to be physically active during leisure time when having moderate or high occupational physical activity for preventing IHD mortality.
However, among men who were highly physically active during leisure time, the risk of all-cause mortality was independent of occupational physical activity level.
Previous research indicates that mothers who are physically active during leisure experience lower levels of postpartum depressive symptoms than do inactive mothers.
In summary, this study provides evidence that both low and high birth weights outside the normal range of birth weights are associated with a lower probability of being physically active during leisure time.
One-quarter of the participants reported current smoking, and approximately 80% were sedentary or moderately physically active during leisure time.
In general, persons with low SES are less likely to eat healthily [ 3, 4] and are less likely to be physically active during leisure time [ 5– 7].
8 10 30 In accordance with previous literature, 15 low-RAD residents were less physically active during leisure time and for transport, although this was not consistent across all countries.
On average, cases were older (mean age at randomisation=60 years), smoked more cigarettes daily, were less physically active during leisure time, and had lower serum cholesterol.
In this prospective cohort study we observed a lowered RA risk among women who were physically active during leisure time (>20 minutes per day of walking/bicycling and >1 hour per week of exercise).
