“…The total amount of self-reported physical activity at baseline was significantly associated with the mortality at follow-up, even after adjusting for sex, smoking, diabetes duration, age of diabetes onset, the presence of diabetic nephropathy, HbA 1c , triglycerides, systolic blood pressure, and BMI. In addition, the relative risk of premature mortality rate was almost doubled in face of low versus moderate/high level of either of exercise components, including intensity, duration or frequency, even after adjustment for sex, diabetes duration, age of diabetes onset, smoking, and nephropathy presence [ 61 ]. Patients with CKD, defined in this study as eGFR below 60 ml/min/1.73m 2 , experienced similar beneficial effects of physical activity on mortality, although when adjusted for the confounders specifically the total amount of leisure time physical activity and exercise frequency were independently associated with all-cause mortality [ 61 ].…”