Prevention & lipidsCohort study
Long-term physical activity time-in-target range in young adults with cardiovascular events in later life
- Prospective cohort study
Authors' conclusion
In young adults, maintaining long-term guidelines-recommended PA levels may help to lower the risk of cardiovascular events in later life.
Study context
- Population
- Young adults in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study; Time-in-target range (TTR) estimated across the first 15 years
- Participants
- 2,902 adults
- Exposure
- Physical activity (PA) TTR categories during young adulthood
- <25%n = 1,028reference
- 25 to <50%n = 444
- 50 to <75%n = 424
- 75 to 100%n = 1,006
- Outcome
- Composite of CV events
- Follow-up
- Median 18.9 years after exposure period
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
75 to 100% vs <25%
0.60(0.38–0.95)
Each 1-SD increase in TTR
0.79(0.65–0.97)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Long-term physical activity time-in-target range in young adults with cardiovascular events in later life. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 20 December 2023. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad403
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it