Table 4

Stratified Cox regression (by age, sex, education and smoking) describing associations between vigorous activity and cancer 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	63 677/1602	43 576/1384	1	4936/53	0.79 (0.60 to 1.06) p=0.12	15 165/165	0.89 (0.75 to 1.06) p=0.20
All sample (excluding first 24 months of death)	63 018/1447	43 039/1247	1	4912/51	0.83 (0.62 to 1.11) p=0.21	15 067/149	0.89 (0.74 to 1.06) p=0.20
Sex
Men	2 8111/805	18 068/692	1	2315/29	0.83 (0.56 to 1.22) p=0.34	7728/84	0.83 (0.65 to 1.05) p=0.13
Women	35 566/797	25 508/692	1	2621/24	0.78 (0.51 to 1.19) p=0.25	7437/81	0.98 (0.77 to 1.25) p=0.86
Age group, y
30–49	34 593/218	20 166/154	1	3491/21	0.96 (0.60 to 1.55) p=0.87	10 936/43	0.78 (0.54 to 1.11) p=0.17
50–64	18 593/612	14 093/523	1	1180/21	0.66 (0.43 to 1.04) p=0.07	3320/68	0.77 (0.60 to 1.00) p=0.05
≥65	10 491/772	9317/707	1	265/11	0.65 (0.36 to 1.19) p=0.16	909/54	0.97 (0.74 to 1.29) p=0.86
Weighted MVPA, min/week
10–149	26 991/2888	23 126/2719	1	485/18	0.67 (0.27 to 1.67) p=0.39	3380/151	0.90 (0.66 to 1.21) p=0.47
>150	37 895/2149	21 95/1758	1	4515/133	0.85 (0.62 to 1.15) p=0.30	11 985/258	0.93 (0.75 to 1.16) p=0.54

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