Change in Physical Activity and Sitting Time After Myocardial Infarction and Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative-Observational Study
Authors
Gorczyca, Anna M.Eaton, Charles
Lamonte, Michael J.
Manson, JoAnn E.
Johnston, Jeanne D.
Bidulescu, Aurelian
Waring, Molly E.
Manini, Todd
Martin, Lisa W.
Stefanick, Marcia L.
He, Ka
Chomistek, Andrea K.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2017-05-15Keywords
exercisemortality
myocardial infarction
physical exercise
sitting time
women
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Women's Health
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
BACKGROUND: How physical activity (PA) and sitting time may change after first myocardial infarction (MI) and the association with mortality in postmenopausal women is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: Participants included postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative-Observational Study, aged 50 to 79 years who experienced a clinical MI during the study. This analysis included 856 women who had adequate data on PA exposure and 533 women for sitting time exposures. Sitting time was self-reported at baseline, year 3, and year 6. Self-reported PA was reported at baseline through year 8. Change in PA and sitting time were calculated as the difference between the cumulative average immediately following MI and the cumulative average immediately preceding MI. The 4 categories of change were: maintained low, decreased, increased, and maintained high. The cut points were > /=7.5 metabolic equivalent of task hours/week versus /=8 h/day versus /day for sitting time. Cox proportional hazard models estimated hazard ratios and 95% CIs for all-cause, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular disease mortality. Compared with women who maintained low PA (referent), the risk of all-cause mortality was: 0.54 (0.34-0.86) for increased PA and 0.52 (0.36-0.73) for maintained high PA. Women who had pre-MI levels of sitting time /day, every 1 h/day increase in sitting time was associated with a 9% increased risk (hazard ratio=1.09, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.19) of all-cause mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Meeting the recommended PA guidelines pre- and post-MI may have a protective role against mortality in postmenopausal women.Source
J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 May 15;6(5). pii: e005354. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005354. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1161/JAHA.116.005354Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/29080PubMed ID
28507059Related Resources
Rights
Copyright 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.Distribution License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1161/JAHA.116.005354
Scopus Count
Collections
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Copyright 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.