Domains of physical activity and all-cause mortality: systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of cohort studies
Author(s) -
G Samitz,
Matthias Egger,
Marcel Zwahlen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr112
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , confidence interval , relative risk , cohort study , cochrane library , physical activity , demography , metabolic equivalent , cohort , physical therapy , sociology
The dose-response relation between physical activity and all-cause mortality is not well defined at present. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the association with all-cause mortality of different domains of physical activity and of defined increases in physical activity and energy expenditure.
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