ABC | Volume 110, Nº1, January 2018

Original Article Pitanga et al Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors Arq Bras Cardiol. 2018; 110(1):36-43 Table 2 – Association between leisure-time or commuting physical activity and cardiovascular risk scores for males: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010 Cardiovascular risk score Leisure-time physical activity (n = 6,222) Commuting physical activity (n = 6,222) Framingham score — coronary heart disease (cholesterol)* 0.72 (0.60–0.85) 0.99 (0.84–1.19) Framingham score — coronary heart disease (LDL-C) * 0.72 (0.58–0.88) 1.04 (0.84–1.28) Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (cholesterol)* 0.76 (0.65–0.88) 0.97 (0.83–1.17) Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (BMI)# 0.68 (0.59–0.79) 0.96 (0.83–1.11) Pooled cohort equations for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk* 0.78 (0.65–0.95) 0.95 (0.79–1.15) BMI: body mass index; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein. *Adjusted for age, obesity, and educational level; #Adjusted for age and educational level. Table 3 – Association between leisure-time or commuting physical activity and cardiovascular risk scores for females: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010 Cardiovascular risk score Leisure-time physical activity (n = 7,499) Commuting physical activity (n = 7,499) Framingham score — coronary heart disease (cholesterol)* 0.64 (0.42–0.97) 1.26 (0.87–1.82) Framingham score — coronary heart disease (LDL-C)* 0.60 (0.42–0.86) 1.14 (0.83–1.58) Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (cholesterol)* 0.63 (0.50–0.81) 1.13 (0.90–1.41) Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (BMI)* 0.78 (0.64–0.96) 1.02 (0.84–1.24) Pooled cohort equations for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk* 0.85 (0.63–1.16) 0.98 (0.73–1.32) BMI: body mass index; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein. * Adjusted for age and educational level. Table 4 – Dose-response effect in association between leisure-time physical activity and cardiovascular risk scores for females: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010 Leisure-time physical activity* Framingham score — coronary heart disease (cholesterol)* Framingham score — coronary heart disease (LDL-C)* Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (cholesterol)* Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (BMI)# Pooled cohort equations for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk* Sedentary 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Not very active 0.86 (0.68–1.08) 1.02 (0.78–1.34) 1.08 (0.87–1.33) 0.99 (0.81–1.20) 1.03 (0.80–1.32) Active 0.81 (0.65–0.99) 0.79 (0.61–1.03) 0.91 (0.75–1.10) 0.85 (0.71–1.02) 0.87 (0.68–1.10) Very active 0.43 (0.32–0.58) 0.52 (0.37–0.74) 0.55 (0.43–0.69) 0.47 (0.38–0.59) 0.62 (0.46–0.84) BMI: body mass index; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein. *Adjusted for age, obesity, and educational level; #Adjusted for age and educational level. Table 5 – Dose-response effect in association between leisure-time physical activity and cardiovascular risk scores for females: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010 Leisure-time physical activity* Framingham score — coronary heart disease (cholesterol) Framingham score — coronary heart disease (LDL-C) Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (cholesterol) Framingham score — cardiovascular disease (BMI) Pooled cohort equations for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk Sedentary 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Not very active 1.20 (0.76–1.91) 1.04 (0.69–1.56) 1.07 (0.80–1.43) 0.92 (0.71–1.19) 1.17 (0.80–1.72) Active 0.71 (0.43–1.16) 0.61 (0.40–0.94) 0.70 (0.52–0.93) 0.88 (0.64–1.03) 1.01 (0.72–1.44) Very active 0.63 (0.29–1.37) 0.64 (0.34–1.20) 0.52 (0.32–0.83) 0.67 (0.46–0.95) 0.66 (0.37–1.23) BMI: body mass index; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein. *Adjusted for age and educational level. 40