RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Leisure-time vigorous physical activity is associated with better lung function: the prospective ECRHS study
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 376
OP 384
DO 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210947
VO 73
IS 4
A1 Elaine Fuertes
A1 Anne-Elie Carsin
A1 Josep M Antó
A1 Roberto Bono
A1 Angelo Guido Corsico
A1 Pascal Demoly
A1 Thorarinn Gislason
A1 José-Antonio Gullón
A1 Christer Janson
A1 Deborah Jarvis
A1 Joachim Heinrich
A1 Mathias Holm
A1 Bénédicte Leynaert
A1 Alessandro Marcon
A1 Jesús Martinez-Moratalla
A1 Dennis Nowak
A1 Silvia Pascual Erquicia
A1 Nicole M Probst-Hensch
A1 Chantal Raherison
A1 Wasif Raza
A1 Francisco Gómez Real
A1 Melissa Russell
A1 José Luis Sánchez-Ramos
A1 Joost Weyler
A1 Judith Garcia Aymerich
YR 2018
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/73/4/376.abstract
AB 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.