The Relationship of Walking Intensity to Total and Cause-Specific Mortality. Results from the National Walkers’ Health Study

Paul T. Williams; Paul D. Thompson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081098

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The Relationship of Walking Intensity to Total and Cause-Specific Mortality. Results from the National Walkers’ Health Study

Paul T. Williams ,

* Email: ptwilliams@lbl.gov

Affiliation Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Paul D. Thompson

Affiliation Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
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The Relationship of Walking Intensity to Total and Cause-Specific Mortality. Results from the National Walkers’ Health Study

Paul T. Williams,
Paul D. Thompson

Published: November 19, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081098

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How about controlling for depressive symptoms or depression?

Posted by psycnotes on 22 Nov 2013 at 17:36 GMT

Interesting article! However, I can't but wonder, to what extent the effect is driven by difference in mood in the participants.

Depressed individuals show motor retardation. I would be convinced if depressive symptoms were taken into account as well. Otherwise, it is potentially a comparison of mortality between depressed individuals who show motor retardation versus healthy controls.

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How about controlling for depressive symptoms or depression?

Posted by psycnotes on 22 Nov 2013 at 17:36 GMT