Prevention & lipidsCohort study
Accelerometer-derived weekend warrior physical activity pattern and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease
- Prospective cohort study
- sub-cohort analysis of UK Biobank
- accelerometer-derived
Authors' conclusion
Among individuals with CVD, the weekend warrior pattern was associated with a lower risk of mortality, with survival benefits comparable to those observed for the regularly active pattern.
Study context
- Population
- UK Biobank participants with cardiovascular disease (CVD)881 deaths
- Participants
- 8,128 participants
- Exposure
- Weekend warrior and regularly active vs inactive physical activity pattern
- Weekend warriorn = 3,004
- Regularly activen = 1,540
- Inactiven = 3,584reference
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality
- Follow-up
- Median 7.85 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Each group vs inactiveHazard ratio (95% CI)
Weekend warrior
0.61(0.52–0.71)
Regularly active
0.68(0.56–0.82)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
CVD- and cancer-specific mortality
- Similar associations observed for CVD- and cancer-specific mortality
Original publication
Accelerometer-derived weekend warrior physical activity pattern and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 3 March 2026. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwag131
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it