Table 1: Studies Reporting Effect or no Significant Effect on Parameters Relevant to Public Health

Parameter Effect No Effect
Mortality [82, 10, 83, 84] [20, 11, 85]
Estimated CVD risk [82, 9, 10, 86, 87, 84] [11, 20, 13, 85]
Type II Diabetes [88] [85]
Blood pressure [7-11] [83, 85, 18, 88, 14, 89, 87, 84, 19, 90] [91, 12, 13, 86]
Cholesterol levels [7 , 9, 10, 83, 18, 88, 86, 89, 87, 19, 90] [91, 8, 12, 13, 11, 85, 14]
Smoking [7, 91, 8, 9, 92, 10, 18, 88, 84, 85, 19] [11-14, 93, 89, 94, 95-97]
Body mass index [8, 13, 86, 19, 90] [91, 9, 12, 18, 14, 88, 89, 93, 94, 85, 97]
Physical activity [12, 88, 14, 97, 19] [98, 21, 85, 86, 95, 93, 96, 94]