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Non-Occupational Physical Activity and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.

Zhiwei Tao, Zhongxu Hu, Jinghua Chen and Tessa Strain

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In brief

Exercise Your Heart: The Mortality Connection

This paper dives into a systematic review and meta-analysis involving over 176,000 patients, aiming to clarify how different levels of non-occupational physical activity influence all-cause mortality in CHD patients. The findings offer valuable insights that align with current exercise guidelines.

What they found: The analysis included 17 studies with a total of 176,862 patients and highlighted a clear inverse relationship between non-occupational physical activity and all-cause mortality in CHD patients. Notably, engaging in just 8.75 mMET-h/week of activity was associated with a 38% reduction in mortality risk.

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Higher physical activity (PA) has been associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), but the dose-response relationship remains uncertain.

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