Effects of Physical Activity on Life Expectancy With Cardiovascular Disease

Abstract

Avoiding a sedentary lifestyle during adulthood not only prevents cardiovascular disease independently of other risk factors but also substantially expands the total life expectancy and the cardiovascular disease-free life expectancy for men and women. This effect is already seen at moderate levels of physical activity, and the gains in cardiovascular disease-free life expectancy are twice as large at higher activity levels.

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Life expectancyMedicineDiseaseFramingham Heart StudyComorbidityGerontologyFramingham Risk ScoreInternal medicinePopulationEnvironmental health

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 165
Issue: 20
Pages: 2355-2355
Citations: 432
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                                    Oscar H. Franco, 
                                
                                    Chris De Laet, 
                                
                                    Anna Peeters
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Effects of Physical Activity on Life Expectancy With Cardiovascular Disease. 
                            Archives of Internal Medicine
                            , 165
                            (20)
                            , 2355-2355.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.165.20.2355
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.20.2355