TY - JOUR T1 - Leisure-time vigorous physical activity is associated with better lung function: the prospective ECRHS study JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 376 LP - 384 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210947 VL - 73 IS - 4 AU - Elaine Fuertes AU - Anne-Elie Carsin AU - Josep M Antó AU - Roberto Bono AU - Angelo Guido Corsico AU - Pascal Demoly AU - Thorarinn Gislason AU - José-Antonio Gullón AU - Christer Janson AU - Deborah Jarvis AU - Joachim Heinrich AU - Mathias Holm AU - Bénédicte Leynaert AU - Alessandro Marcon AU - Jesús Martinez-Moratalla AU - Dennis Nowak AU - Silvia Pascual Erquicia AU - Nicole M Probst-Hensch AU - Chantal Raherison AU - Wasif Raza AU - Francisco Gómez Real AU - Melissa Russell AU - José Luis Sánchez-Ramos AU - Joost Weyler AU - Judith Garcia Aymerich Y1 - 2018/04/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/73/4/376.abstract N2 - Objective We assessed associations between physical activity and lung function, and its decline, in the prospective population-based European Community Respiratory Health Survey cohort.Methods FEV1 and FVC were measured in 3912 participants at 27–57 years and 39–67 years (mean time between examinations=11.1 years). Physical activity frequency and duration were assessed using questionnaires and used to identify active individuals (physical activity ≥2 times and ≥1 hour per week) at each examination. Adjusted mixed linear regression models assessed associations of regular physical activity with FEV1 and FVC.Results Physical activity frequency and duration increased over the study period. In adjusted models, active individuals at the first examination had higher FEV1 (43.6 mL (95% CI 12.0 to 75.1)) and FVC (53.9 mL (95% CI 17.8 to 89.9)) at both examinations than their non-active counterparts. These associations appeared restricted to current smokers. In the whole population, FEV1 and FVC were higher among those who changed from inactive to active during the follow-up (38.0 mL (95% CI 15.8 to 60.3) and 54.2 mL (95% CI 25.1 to 83.3), respectively) and who were consistently active, compared with those consistently non-active. No associations were found for lung function decline.Conclusion Leisure-time vigorous physical activity was associated with higher FEV1 and FVC over a 10-year period among current smokers, but not with FEV1 and FVC decline. ER -