Long-term changes in body weight and physical activity in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the HUNT study

Table 2 Combined effect of concurrent changes in weight and leisure-time physical activity on all-cause mortality

Change in leisure -time physical activity	Change in weight^a
	Loss (≥5%)			Stable (< 5% change)		Gain (≥5%)
	Person years/death	Adjusted HR^b	95% CI	Person years/death	Adjusted HR^b	95% CI	Person years/death	Adjusted HR^b	95% CI
All-cause mortality
Remained active	25,127/1112	1.47	1.37, 1.57	154,446/2879	1.00	Reference	279,598/2204	1.00	0.94, 1.06
Inactive to active	2763/141	1.51	1.27, 1.79	11,934/298	1.22	1.08, 1.38	21,739/257	1.23	1.09, 1.40
Active to inactive	2850/282	1.70	1.50, 1.93	9558/391	1.35	1.21, 1.50	16,577/305	1.26	1.12, 1.42
Remained inactive	1145/106	2.31	1.90, 2.81	3656/132	1.29	1.08, 1.53	5960/122	1.54	1.28, 1.85

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio
^aCalculated as change in kilograms between the baseline in HUNT1 and last examination in HUNT2
^bAdjusted for age, sex, education (< 10 years, 10 to 12 years, and ≥ 13 years, unknown), smoking status (never, former, current, unknown), alcohol consumption (0 units, 1–4 units, ≥5 units, unknown), insomnia symptoms (no, yes, unknown), and history of cardiovascular disease (no, yes, unknown)

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