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Table 3 Incremental change in relative risk for 1 MET. hour per week increase in walking or cycling

From: Systematic review and meta-analysis of reduction in all-cause mortality from walking and cycling and shape of dose response relationship

 

Walking

Cycling

Exposure category

Exposure range in MET. hours per week

Exposure range in minutes per week (@ 4.0 METs)

Change in relative risk for 1 MET. hour per week increase (x10 3)

Exposure range in MET. hours per week

Exposure range in minutes per week (@ 6.8 METs)

Change in relative risk for 1 MET. hour per week increase (x10 3)

Category 1

0.1 to 8.0

1-120

13.75

0.1 to 11.5

1-101

14.78

Category 2

8.0 to 22.5

120-338

2.07

11.5 to 32.0

101-282

3.41

Category 3

22.5 to 50.0

338-750

2.91

32.0 to 65.0

282-574

1.82