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Association between European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) II vigorous activity status, frequency and duration, change in vigorous activity status and ECRHS III current asthma, asthma-like symptoms, and bronchodilator reversibility in middle-aged adults
Current asthma at ECRHS III n (%) Risk of current asthma, adjusted analyses# (95% CI) More than three asthma-like symptoms at ECRHS III (%) Risk of asthma-like symptoms, adjusted (95% CI)# Bronchodilator reversibility present at ECRHS III n (%) Risk of bronchodilator reversibility, adjusted analyses# (95% CI) Subjects n 3129 2757 3057 2695 2451 2148 Activity status Not vigorously active 182 (8.9) 1.00 54 (2.8) 1.00 38 (2.5) 1.00 Vigorously active 102 (8.4) 0.96 (0.75–1.23) 22 (1.9) 0.71 (0.42–1.18) 21 (2.2) 0.82 (0.46–1.47) Frequency of vigorous activity Once a month or less 120 (9.1) 1.00 36 (2.8) 1.00 25 (2.6) 1.00 1–3 times per week 120 (7.7) 0.94 (0.73–1.22) 31 (2.1) 0.78 (0.48–1.28) 29 (2.4) 0.86 (0.49–1.50) ≥4 times per week 45 (10.7) 1.14 (0.82–1.63) 10 (2.5) 0.93 (0.45–1.93) 6 (1.9) 0.67 (0.25–1.76) Amount of vigorous activity 0–30 min per week 132 (9.8) 1.00 39 (3.0) 1.00 28 (2.8) 1.00 1–3 h per week 105 (7.4) 0.82 (0.63–1.07) 30 (2.2) 0.79 (0.48–1.30) 24 (2.2) 0.74 (0.42–1.31) ≥4 h per week 47 (9.5) 1.00 (0.71–1.42) 7 (1.5) 0.49 (0.21–1.17) 7 (1.8) 0.66 (0.27–1.61) Change in vigorous activity from ECRHS II to ECRHS III Consistently not vigorously active 123 (9.1) 1.00 43 (3.2) 1.00 29 (2.8) 1.00 Becoming vigorously inactive 54 (8.7) 1.00 (0.70–1.43) 11 (1.9) 0.83 (0.34–1.35) 9 (1.9) 0.96 (0.44–2.08) Becoming vigorously active 41 (9.1) 1.11 (0.80–1.54) 11 (2.4) 0.68 (0.42–1.61) 10 (2.8) 0.83 (0.39–1.78) Consistently not vigorously active 60 (8.5) 1.01 (0.73–1.41) 11 (1.6) 0.50 (0.24–1.03) 11 (1.9) 0.64 (0.29–1.42) #: adjusted for sex, ECRHS II age, smoking status, occupation, education and body mass index.
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The effect of physical activity on asthma incidence over 10 years: population-based study
