Prospective Association of Daily Steps With Cardiovascular Disease: A Harmonized Meta-Analysis.
Amanda E PaluchShivangi BajpaiMarcel BallinDavid R BassettThomas W BufordMercedes R CarnethonAriel ChernofskyErin E DooleyUlf EkelundKelly R EvensonDeborah A GaluskaBarbara J JefferisLingsong KongWilliam E KrausMartin G LarsonI-Min LeeCharles E MatthewsRobert L NewtonAnna NordströmPeter NordströmPriya PaltaAlpa V PatelKelley Pettee GabrielCarl F PieperLisa PompeiiErika Rees-PuniaNicole L SpartanoRamachandran S VasanPeter H WhincupShengping YangJanet E Fultonnull nullPublished in: Circulation (2022)
For older adults, taking more daily steps was associated with a progressively decreased risk of CVD. Monitoring and promoting steps per day is a simple metric for clinician-patient communication and population health to reduce the risk of CVD.