Association of Weekend Warrior and Other Physical Activity Patterns With Mortality Among Adults With Diabetes : A Cohort Study
Authors' conclusion
Weekend warrior and regularly active physical activity patterns meeting current physical activity recommendations (MVPA ≥150 minutes per week) were associated with 21% and 17% lower risks for all-cause mortality and 33% and 19% lower hazards of cardiovascular mortality among adults with diabetes compared with those with diabetes who are physically inactive.
Study context
- Population
- US adults with self-reported diabetes, National Health Interview Survey (1997 to 2018) linked to National Death Index through 31 December 2019
- Participants
- 51,650 adults
- Exposure
- Weekend warrior, regularly active and insufficiently active vs inactive physical activity patterns
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality
- Follow-up
- Median 9.5 years
Methodological detailsPhysical activity self-reported and assessed at a single time point
- Physical activity self-reported and assessed at a single time point
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Each group vs inactiveHazard ratio (95% CI)
Insufficiently active
0.90(0.85–0.95)
Weekend warrior
0.79(0.69–0.91)
Regularly active
0.83(0.78–0.87)
- Deaths documented (cardiovascular, 5620; cancer, 2883)
- 16 345
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular mortalityInsufficiently activevs Inactive | 0.98 (0.89–1.07) | |
| Cardiovascular mortalityWeekend warriorvs Inactive | 0.67 (0.52–0.86) | |
| Cardiovascular mortalityRegularly activevs Inactive | 0.81 (0.74–0.88) | |
| Cancer mortalityInsufficiently activevs Inactive | 0.88 (0.78–1.00) | |
| Cancer mortalityWeekend warriorvs Inactive | 0.99 (0.76–1.30) | |
| Cancer mortalityRegularly activevs Inactive | 0.85 (0.75–0.96) | |
| 0.512Hazard ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Association of Weekend Warrior and Other Physical Activity Patterns With Mortality Among Adults With Diabetes : A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. Published 22 July 2025. doi:10.
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