Higher Levels and Intensity of Physical Activity Are Associated with Reduced Mortality among Community Dwelling Older People

Table 2

Study participants, person-years at risk, number of deaths and crude death rate by tertile of total duration of PA, and category of intensity.

𝑁=946	Total PA			Intensity of PA
	Tertile 1	Tertile 2	Tertile 3	Low	Moderate	Heavy
Person years^1	6.1 (2.9)	6.9 (2.7)	7.3 (2.4)	5.9 (3.0)	6.7 (2.7)	7.2 (2.5)
Deaths (%)	187 (41.3)	139 (30.7)	127 (28.1)	138 (30.5)	137 (30.2)	178 (39.3)
Crude death rate^2	98.0	65.7	50.1	111.8	69.5	53.3

¹𝑥±SD Time at risk /person.
²Per 1000 person years.