Physical Activity, Hypertension, Diabetes, and Coronary Heart Disease

January 8, 2016 updated by: Stanford University
To study the influences of physical activity on the incidence of hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM), and coronary heart disease (CHD), taking into account the influences of other life-style elements such as body size, cigarette habit, alcohol consumption habits, and parental history of disease on these same chronic diseases.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND:

Epidemiologic investigations of the influence of physical activity on the incidence of specific chronic diseases encounter problems of confounding or interaction with eating behavior, tobacco use, other social habits, and a host of personal characteristics. These influences of life styles on chronic diseases are not mutually exclusive, nor do they operate independently. Rather, they blend, amplifying or diminishing the effects of one another.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

The study used data collected since 1960 as part of the College Alumni Health Study -- a cohort of 50,000 former students who attended Harvard College, 1916-1950, or the University of Pennsylvania, 1931-1940, and who reported by questionnaire on their health habits and health status in post-college years through 1988. Over 17,000 Harvard alumni have been followed from 1962 through 1988 for both non-fatal and fatal chronic diseases. These predictor (risk factors) and outcome (specific diseases) data were analyzed to test the hypothesis that different kinds and amounts (frequencies, intensities, durations, and constancies) of physical activity affect differently the incidence rates of hypertension, NIDDM, and CHD. Continuities and changes in specific life styles and chronic diseases have been measured continually through return-mail questionnaires in 1962, 1966, 1972, I977, and 1988. Cause-specific mortality has been monitored continuously over this span of time, 1962-1988. Using the data, the investigators computed relative and attributable risks of developing hypertension, NIDDM, and CHD that related to alumni patterns of physical activity, body size, alcohol consumption, cigarette use, and other personal characteristics and ways-of-living. In this discrete population, they searched for the relative importance of physical activity and other potential predictors in influencing the occurrence of these hypertensive-metabolic-atherosclerotic diseases.

Study Type

Observational

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 98 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

No eligibility criteria

Study Plan

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Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Stanford University

Collaborators

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 1992

Study Completion

February 1, 1994

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 25, 2000

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 25, 2000

First Posted (Estimate)

May 26, 2000

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 12, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 8, 2016

Last Verified

January 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 4337 (Other Grant/Funding Number: CSR&D)
  • R03HL048029 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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