Step by step: Association of device-measured daily steps with all-cause mortality-A prospective cohort Study.
Bjørge Herman HansenKnut Eirik DaleneUlf EkelundMorten Wang FagerlandElin KolleJostein Steene-JohannessenJakob TarpSigmund Alfred AnderssenPublished in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2020)
Daily steps were associated with lower mortality risk in a non-linear dose-response pattern. The risk is almost halved when comparing the least active referent against the second quartile equivalent to a difference of about 2200 daily steps. Encouraging those least active to increase their daily steps may have substantial public health implications.
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