Association of Cycling with Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.
Yang ZhaoFulan HuYifei FengXingjin YangYang LiChunmei GuoQuanman LiGang TianRanran QieMinghui HanShengbing HuangXiaoyan WuYanyan ZhangYuying WuDechen LiuDongdong ZhangCheng ChengMing ZhangYongli YangXuezhong ShiJie LuYongcheng RenPublished in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)
Our findings based on quantitative data suggest that any level of cycling is better than none for all-cause mortality. However, for CVD mortality, one must choose an appropriate level of cycling, with an approximate optimum of 15 MET-h/week (equal to 130 min/week at 6.8 MET).