How to establish causality between physical inactivity and mortality?

Martin Bahls^{1

2}, Hansjörg Baurecht³, Henner Hanssen⁴, Emeline M Van Craenenbroeck^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Str., 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
² German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Greifswald, Fleischmannstr. 42, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
⁶ Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, GENCOR, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.

Comment

Martin Bahls et al. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022.

. 2022 May 27;29(8):e266-e267.

doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac021.

Martin Bahls^{1

2}, Hansjörg Baurecht³, Henner Hanssen⁴, Emeline M Van Craenenbroeck^{5

6}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Str., 17475 Greifswald, Germany.
² German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Greifswald, Fleischmannstr. 42, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
⁶ Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, GENCOR, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.

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2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: Developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice with representatives of the European Society of Cardiology and 12 medical societies With the special contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC).
Visseren FLJ, Mach F, Smulders YM, Carballo D, Koskinas KC, Bäck M, Benetos A, Biffi A, Boavida JM, Capodanno D, Cosyns B, Crawford C, Davos CH, Desormais I, Angelantonio ED, Franco OH, Halvorsen S, Richard Hobbs FD, Hollander M, Jankowska EA, Michal M, Sacco S, Sattar N, Tokgozoglu L, Tonstad S, Tsioufis KP, van Dis I, van Gelder IC, Wanner C, Williams B; ESC Scientific Document Group. Visseren FLJ, et al. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2022 May;75(5):429. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2022.04.003. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2022. PMID: 35525570 English, Spanish. No abstract available.