The relationship of walking intensity to total and cause-specific mortality. Results from the National Walkers' Health Study.

Test whether: 1) walking intensity predicts mortality when adjusted for walking energy expenditure, and 2) slow walking pace (≥24-minute mile) identifies subjects at substantially elevated risk for mortality.Hazard ratios from Cox proportional survival analyses of all-cause and cause-specific mortal...

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Main Authors: Paul T Williams, Paul D Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3834211?pdf=render