Strenuous sports
Intervention1 paper1 finding
- Humans1
Associations
1Depression
downin humans1HR 0.62
1 study
Depression
downin humans1HR 0.62
Strenuous sports lower the risk of depression in humans (HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.49-0.78).
Humansgeneral population free of depression at baselinemedian follow-up of 10.01 yearsn = 160,358
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