For the composite variable, there was a significant trend towards lower risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease mortality for the higher categories for recreational physical activity.
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Recreational physical activity as an independent predictor of multivariable cardiovascular disease risk.
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When measures of central obesity were included in the logistic regression, body mass index (BMI) did not contribute to risk, but measures of central obesity and specifically the waist to hip ratio had an independent and highly significant contribution to CVD and CHD deaths.