閉経後の女性の身体活動と死亡率
L H Kushi1, R M Fee, A R Folsom
1Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55454-1015, USA.
JAMA
|April 23, 1997
まとめ
定期的な身体活動は,閉経後の女性の全因死亡率を大幅に低下させます. 週に1回ほどしか起きない中程度の運動でさえ,死亡リスクが低下し,活発なライフスタイルがもたらす恩恵を強調しています.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 閉経後の女性は,独特の健康上の考慮事項を持つ重要な人口集団を代表しています.
- 身体活動などの変更可能なライフスタイルの要因を理解することは,この集団の長寿を促進するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 閉経後の女性のコホートにおける身体活動レベルと全因死亡率の関連性を調査する.
- 身体活動の頻度と強さが死亡リスクに影響するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 55歳から69歳の40417人の閉経後の女性を対象とした前向きなコホート研究です.
- 身体活動は,郵送されたアンケートを使用して評価され,7年間のフォローアップ期間がありました.
- すべての原因による死亡率,心血管疾患,呼吸器疾患は,主要な結果指標でした.
主要な成果:
- 定期的な身体活動は,調整後の死亡リスクの有意な低下 (RR,0.77;95%CI,0.66-0.90) と関連していました.
- 適度かつ激しい身体活動の頻度の増加は,死亡率と段階的,逆の関連性を示した.
- 心血管疾患と呼吸器疾患では死亡リスクの低下が観察され,週1回程度の運動でも利益が見られた.
結論:
- 身体的活動と閉経後の女性の全因死亡率の減少の間には,投与量反応関係が存在する.
- 研究結果は,定期的な身体活動に関する公衆衛生上の勧告を裏付け,更年期後の女性に適用できることを強調しています.
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