• A randomised controlled study of the long-term effects of exercise training on mortality in elderly people: study protocol for the Generation 100 study 

      Stensvold, Dorthe; Viken, Hallgeir; Rognmo, Øyvind; Skogvoll, Eirik; Steinshamn, Sigurd Loe; Vatten, Lars Johan; Coombes, Jeff S.; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Magnussen, Jon; Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik; Singh, Maria A. Fiatarone; Langhammer, Arnulf; Støylen, Asbjørn; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Wisløff, Ulrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Introduction: Epidemiological studies suggest that exercise has a tremendous preventative effect on morbidity and premature death, but these findings need to be confirmed by randomised trials. Generation 100 is a ...
    • Daily steps and all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts 

      Ekelund, Ulf; Lee, I-Min; Rees-Punia, Erika; Dallmeier, Dhayana; Klenk, Jochen; Carnethon, Mercedes R.; Evenson, Kelly R.; Galuska, Deborah A.; Jefferis, Barbara J.; Kraus, William E.; Matthews, Charles E.; Omura, John D.; Patel, Alpa V.; Pieper, Carl F.; Whincup, Peter H.; Dooley, Erin E.; Fulton, Janet E.; Paluch, Amanda E.; Bajpai, Shivangi; Bassett, David R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: Although 10 000 steps per day is widely promoted to have health benefits, there is little evidence to support this recommendation. We aimed to determine the association between number of steps per day and ...
    • Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women 

      Ekelund, Ulf; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Brown, Wendy J.; Fagerland, Morten Wang; Owen, Neville; Powell, Kenneth E.; Bauman, Adrian; Lee, I-Min (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09)
      Background: High amounts of sedentary behaviour have been associated with increased risks of several chronic conditions and mortality. However, it is unclear whether physical activity attenuates or even eliminates the ...
    • Effect of exercise training for five years on all cause mortality in older adults-The Generation 100 study: Randomised controlled trial 

      Stensvold, Dorthe; Viken, Hallgeir; Steinshamn, Sigurd Loe; Dalen, Håvard; Støylen, Asbjørn; Loennechen, Jan Pål; Reitlo, Line Skarsem; Zisko, Nina; Bækkerud, Fredrik Hjulstad; Tari, Atefe R; Bucher Sandbakk, Silvana; Carlsen, Trude; Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik; Lydersen, Stian; Mattsson, Erney; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Singh, Maria A. Fiatarone; Coombes, Jeff S.; Skogvoll, Eirik; Vatten, Lars Johan; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Rognmo, Øivind; Wisløff, Ulrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective: To evaluate the effect of five years of supervised exercise training compared with recommendations for physical activity on mortality in older adults (70-77 years). Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: ...
    • Fast track hip fracture care and mortality – an observational study of 2230 patients 

      Pollmann, Christian Thomas; Røtterud, Jan Harald; Gjertsen, Jan-Erik; Dahl, Fredrik Andreas; Lenvik, Olav; Årøen, Asbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Hip fracture patients are frail and have a high mortality. We investigated whether the introduction of fast track care reduced the 30-day mortality after hip fractures. Methods: Fast track hip fracture care was ...
    • Five-year cost-effectiveness analysis of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) physical activity intervention for men versus no intervention 

      Kolovos, Spyros; Finch, Aureliano P.; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.; van Nassau, Femke; Broulikova, Hana M.; Baka, Agni; Treweek, Shaun; Gray, Cindy M.; Jelsma, Judith G.M.; Bunn, Christopher; Roberts, Glyn; Silva, Marlene N.; Gill, Jason M. R.; Røynesdal, Øystein; van Mechelen, Willem; Andersen, Eivind; Hunt, Kate; Wyke, Sally; Bosmans, Judith E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objectives: Increasing physical activity reduces the risk of chronic illness including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. Lifestyle interventions can increase physical activity but few ...
    • Increases in physical activity is as important as smoking cessation for reduction in total mortality in elderly men: 12 years of follow-up of the Oslo II study 

      Holme, Ingar Morten K.; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05-14)
      Background: Physical activity (PA) at leisure by the elderly, and its relationship to cardiovascular (CV) and non-CV mortality, with and without competing risk, has been scarcely described. We determined the relationships ...
    • Lifelong benefits on myocardial infarction mortality: 40-year follow-up of the randomized Oslo diet and antismoking study 

      Holme, Ingar Morten K.; Retterstøl, Kjetil; Norum, Kaare Reidar; Hjermann, Ingvar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-29)
      Background: The effects of saturated fat on atherosclerotic vascular disease are currently debated. Objectives: In the Oslo cardiovascular study initiated in 1972/1973, a 5-year randomized intervention was conducted in ...
    • Long-term survival in pre-specified groups at risk in the Oslo Study, 1972-1973 

      Holme, Ingar Morten K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-09)
      Aims: Using the Oslo Study of 1972–1973, we wished to compare the long-term mortality pattern up to 40 years, in both the healthy cardiovascular groups at supposedly high and low risk, and in some groups having cardiovascular ...
    • Objectively Measured Physical Activity Reduces the Risk of Mortality among Brazilian Older Adults 

      Bielemann, Renata M.; LaCroix, Andrea Z.; Bertoldi, Andréa D.; Tomasi, Elaine; Demarco, Flávio F.; Gonzalez, Maria Christina; da Silva, Pedro Augusto Crespo; Wendt, Andrea; da Silva, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam; Brage, Soren; Ekelund, Ulf; Pratt, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      OBJECTIVES: Use of objectively measured physical activity(PA) in older adults to assess relationship between PA andrisk of all-causes mortality is scarce. This study evaluatedthe associations of PA based on accelerometry ...
    • Physical activity and all-cause mortality across levels of overall and abdominal adiposity in European men and women: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition study (EPIC) 

      Ekelund, Ulf; Ward, Heather A.; Norat, Teresa; Luan, Jian'an; May, Anne M.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Sharp, Stephen J.; Overvad, Kim; Østergaard, Jane Nautrup; Tjønneland, Anne; Johnsen, Nina Føns; Mesrine, Sylvie; Fournier, Agnès; Fagherazzi, Guy; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Lagiou, Pagona; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Li, Kuanrong; Kaaks, Rudolf; Ferrari, Pietro; Licaj, Idlir; Jenab, Mazda; Bergmann, Manuela; Boeing, Heiner; Palli, Domenico; Sieri, Sabina; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Vineis, Paolo; Peeters, Petra H.; Monnikhof, Evelyn; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Quirós, José Ramón; Agudo, Antonio; Sánchez, María-José; Huerta, José-Maria; Ardanaz, Eva; Arriola, Larraitz; Hedblad, Bo; Wirfält, Elisabet; Sund, Malin; Johansson, Mattias; Key, Timothy J.; Travis, Ruth C.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Brage, Søren; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Riboli, Elio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-14)
      Background: The higher risk of death resulting from excess adiposity may be attenuated by physical activity (PA). However, the theoretical number of deaths reduced by eliminating physical inactivity compared with overall ...
    • Physical activity and mortality across levels of adiposity: A prospective cohort study from the UK biobank 

      Sanchez-Lastra, Miguel A.; Ding, Ding; Dalene, Knut Eirik; Ekelund, Ulf; Tarp, Jakob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective: To examine the combined and stratified associations of physical activity and adiposity measures, modelled as body mass index (BMI), abdominal adiposity (waist circumference), and body fat percentage (BF) with ...
    • Sitting Time, Physical Activity, and Risk of Mortality in Adults 

      Stamatakis, Emmanuel; Gale, Joanne; Bauman, Adrian; Ekelund, Ulf; Hamer, Mark; Ding, Ding (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: It is unclear what level of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) offsets the health risks of sitting. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the joint and stratified associations ...
    • Stair climbing and mortality: A prospective cohort study from the UK Biobank 

      Sanchez-Lastra, Miguel A.; Ding, Ding; Dalene, Knut Eirik; Ekelund, Ulf; Tarp, Jakob; del Pozo Cruz, Borja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Regular stair climbing has the potential to lower the risk of premature death, but current evidence is scarce. We aimed to examine whether daily stair climbing is associated with lower risk of all-cause, ...
    • Survival in elderly men in relation to midlife and current BMI 

      Holme, Ingar Morten K.; Tonstad, Serena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-21)
      Background: the relationship between BMI and mortality is U-shaped in the elderly but may be modified by midlife BMI and change in weight. Objective: to elucidate mortality prediction by BMI trajectory in older ...