Active commuting in Swedish workers between 1998 and 2015-Trends, characteristics, and cardiovascular disease risk.

Increases in active commuting were observed between 1998 and 2015, however still leaving a majority who do not actively commute. As active commuting, regardless dose, is associated with a lower CVD risk, encouraging more people to actively commute may provide an easily accessible and time-efficient possibility to increase physical activity and health in the general population.