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Israeli Physical Activity Study
W. Ross Lawler, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(4):309-310.
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IN THIS ISSUE of the ARCHIVES, Eaton et al1 report on the results of a 21-year follow-up of over 10 000 male Israeli government workers. They find that self-reported leisure-time activity is inversely related to both death due to coronary heart disease (CHD) and all-cause mortality.
Since Morris et al2,3 first reported their findings in 1953 that London bus conductors and letter carriers had a lower risk for CHD than drivers and non-letter carrier postal employees, respectively, the impact of physical activity on CHD has been the subject of many studies. Some have focused on work-related activity,4 and others have focused on leisure-time physical activity.5,6 A major limitation of these and other studies is the self-selected nature of the groups. Those who choose active jobs and/or lifestyles may be inherently different from those who choose sedentary jobs and/or lifestyles, resulting in decreased risk for mortality due
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Author Affiliations
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
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