Effect of exercise training for five years on all cause mortality in older adults-the Generation 100 study: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

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

General population of older adults in Trondheim, Norway.

Participants

1567 of 6966 individuals born between 1936 and 1942.

Intervention

Participants were randomised to two sessions weekly of high intensity interval training at about 90% of peak heart rate (HIIT, n=400), moderate intensity continuous training at about 70% of peak heart rate (MICT, n=387), or to follow the national guidelines for physical activity (n=780; control group); all for five years.

Main outcome measure

All cause mortality. An exploratory hypothesis was that H

SUBMITTER: Stensvold D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539760 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature