Table 2

Stratified Cox regression (by age, sex, education and smoking) describing associations between vigorous activity and all-cause mortality

Proportion of moderate to vigorous activity classified as vigorous
Variable	Total No. of Participants/Events	0%		>0% to <30%		≥30%
Variable	Total No. of Participants/Events	N/Events	Reference	N/Events	HR (95% CI)	N/Events	HR (95% CI)
All sample	64 913/5064	44 521/4477	1	5000/151	0.84 (0.71 to 0.99) p=0.04	15 392/436	0.84 (0.76 to 0.94) p=0.002
All sample (excluding first 24 months of death)	64 186/4507	43 924/3986	1	4972/135	0.84 (0.70 to 1.01) p=0.05	15 290/386	0.85 (0.76 to 0.95) p=0.005
Sex
Men	28 567/2630	18 421/2296	1	2341/94	0.88 (0.71 to 1.10) p=0.28	7805/240	0.81 (0.70 to 0.93) p=0.003
Women	36 346/2434	26 100/2181	1	2659/57	0.77 (0.58 to 1.01) p=0.06	7587/196	0.90 (0.77 to 1.05) p=0.19
Age group, y
30–49	34 908/606	20 363/431	1	3521/58	0.95 (0.71 to 1.27) p=0.74	11 024/117	0.73 (0.59 to 0.91) p=0.006
50–64	19 056/1388	14 441/1181	1	1202/51	0.74 (0.55 to 0.98) p=0.04	3413/156	0.84 (0.71 to 1.01) p=0.05
≥65	10 949/3070	9717/2865	1	277/42	0.81 (0.59 to 1.11) p=0.20	955/163	0.93 (0.79 to 1.10) p=0.38
Weighted MVPA, min/week
10–149	26 991/2888	23 126/2719	1	485/18	0.91 (0.56 to 1.48) p=0.71	3380/151	0.88 (0.74 to 1.05) p=0.147
>150	37 895/2149	21 395/1758	1	4515/133	0.87 (0.72 to 1.04) p=0.132	11 985/258	0.85 (0.74 to 0.98) p=0.02

For all sample values were adjusted for alcohol consumption, total weighted volume of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and longstanding illness.
N, total population; No, number.