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Does Strength-Promoting Exercise Confer Unique Health Benefits? A Pooled Analysis of Data on 11 Population Cohorts With All-Cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Mortality Endpoints

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Public health guidance includes recommendations to engage in strength-promoting exercise (SPE), but there is little evidence on its links with mortality. Using data from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey from 1994-2008, we examined the associations between SPE (gym-based and own-body-weight strength activities) and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality. Multivariable-adjusted Cox regression was used to examine the associations between SPE (any, low-/high-volume, and adherence to the SPE guideline (≥2 sessions/week)) and mortality. The core sample comprised 80,306 adults aged ≥30 years, corresponding to 5,763 any-cause deaths (736,463 person-years). Following exclusions for prevalent disease/events occurring in the first 24 months, participation in any SPE was favorably associated with all-cause (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.77, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.69, 0.87) and cancer (HR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.56, 0.86) mortality. Adhering only to the SPE guideline was associated with all-cause (HR = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.66, 0.94) and cancer (HR = 0.66, 95% CI: 0.48, 0.92) mortality; adhering only to the aerobic activity guideline (equivalent to 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity activity) was associated with all-cause (HR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.78, 0.90) and cardiovascular disease (HR = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.68, 0.90) mortality. Adherence to both guidelines was associated with all-cause (HR = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.57, 0.87) and cancer (HR = 0.70, 95% CI: 0.50, 0.98) mortality. Our results support promoting adherence to the strength exercise guidelines over and above the generic physical activity targets.

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  1. World Health Organization, 2010, Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health
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Authors
Stamatakis, E., Lee, I. M., Bennie, J., Freeston, J., Hamer, M., O’Donovan, G., Ding, D., Bauman, A., & Mavros, Y.
Affiliations
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Victoria University (AU)
  • Loughborough University (GB)
Corresponding author
Stamatakis, Emmanuel
Venue
American Journal of Epidemiology
Published
2017-10-31
Volume
187
Issue
5
Pages
1102-1112
ISSN
  • 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-6256
OpenAlex
W2766901730
Cited by
198
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 18
FWCI
13.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University) (submittedVersion)
  • Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • National Health and Medicine Research Council
  • National Institute for Health Research Leicester Biomedical Research Center
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Exercise and Physiological Responses
Keywords
resistance training, all-cause mortality, cancer mortality, cardiovascular mortality, physical activity guidelines, exercise adherence, gym-based exercise, aerobic exercise, Health Survey for England, Scottish Health Survey
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, England, Female, Health Promotion, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Population Surveillance, Scotland, Cohort Studies, Resistance Training

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