Effect of Positive Health Factors and All-Cause Mortality in Men

Although several health-related factors are independently associated with diverse health outcomes, their combined affect on mortality has not been fully described. We examined the combined effect of several positive health factors, including having normal weight (body mass index = 18.5-24.9 kg.m), n...

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Published in:Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2010-09, Vol.42 (9), p.1632-1638
Main Authors: BYUN, Wonwoo, SIEVERDES, John C, XUEMEI SUI, HOOKER, Steven P, LEE, Chong-Do, CHURCH, Timothy S, BLAIR, Steven N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking - physiopathology
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Cholesterol - blood
Cohort Studies
Diabetes Mellitus - physiopathology
Exercise
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia - physiopathology
Hypertension - physiopathology
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality - trends
Physical Fitness
Smoking - physiopathology
Space life sciences
Vertebrates: body movement. Posture. Locomotion. Flight. Swimming. Physical exercise. Rest. Sports
Young Adult
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Summary:Although several health-related factors are independently associated with diverse health outcomes, their combined affect on mortality has not been fully described. We examined the combined effect of several positive health factors, including having normal weight (body mass index = 18.5-24.9 kg.m), not smoking (not current smoker), consuming a moderate alcohol intake (1-14 drinks per week), being physically active (moderate to high level), and having a higher cardiorespiratory fitness (top two-thirds), on all-cause mortality in 38,110 men aged 20-84 yr from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. There were 2642 deaths during an average of 16 yr of follow-up. Compared with men with zero positive health factors, the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HR) of all-cause mortality with one, two, three, four, and five positive health factors were 0.78 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.64-0.95), 0.61 (95% CI = 0.50-0.73), 0.54 (95% CI = 0.44-0.65), 0.43 (95% CI = 0.35-0.52), and 0.39 (95% CI = 0.31-0.48), respectively (P for trend
ISSN:0195-9131
1530-0315
DOI:10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181d43f29