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## Background: Studies suggest that high occupational physical activity increases mortality risk. however, it is unclear whether this association is causal or can be explained by a complex network of socioeconomic and behavioural factors. we aimed to examine the association between occupational physical activity and longevity, taking a complex network of confounding variables into account. ## Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we linked data from norwegian population-based health examination surveys, covering all parts of norway with data from the national population and housing censuses and the norwegian cause of death registry. 437 378 participants (aged 18-65 years; 48·7% men) self-reported occupational physical activity (mutually exclusive groups: sedentary, walking, walking and lifting, and heavy labour) and were followed up from study entry (between february, 1974, and november, 2002) to death or end of follow-up on dec 31, 2018, whichever came first. we estimated differences in survival time (death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer) between occupational physical activity categories using flexible parametric survival models adjusted for confounding f

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Dalene, Knut Eirik (author);Tarp, Jakob (author);Selmer, Randi Marie (author);Ariansen, Inger Kristine Holtermann (author);Nystad, Wenche (author);Coenen, Pieter (author);Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred (author);Steene-Johannessen, Jostein (author);Ekelund, Ulf (author)

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)