Associations of Daily Steps and Step Intensity With Incident Diabetes in a Prospective Cohort Study of Older Women: The OPACH Study.

Alexis C GardunoAndrea Z LaCroixMichael J LaMonteDavid W DunstanKelly R EvensonGuangxing WangChongzhi DiBenjamin T SchumacherJohn Bellettiere

Published in: Diabetes care (2022)

These findings suggest that for older adults, more steps per day are associated with lower incident diabetes and MV-intensity steps are most strongly associated with a lower hazard of diabetes. This evidence supports that regular stepping is an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes prevention in older adults.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
physical activity
high intensity
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
adipose tissue