Higher quartiles of steps were associated with lower risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter<\/b><\/p>\n
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THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a significant inverse association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality, according to a review published online Aug. 8 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology<\/em>.<\/p>\n Maciej Banach, M.D., Ph.D., from the Medical University of Lodz in Poland, and colleagues conducted a systematic review to examine the association between step count and all-cause mortality and CV mortality. The meta-analysis included data from 17 cohort studies with 226,889 participants with a median follow-up of 7.1 years.<\/p>\n The researchers found that a 1,000-step increment was associated with a significantly reduced risk for all-cause mortality (hazard ratio, 0.85) and a 500-step increment was associated with a decrease in CV mortality (hazard ratio, 0.93). Quartiles 1, 2, and 3 with a median of 5,537; 7,370; and 11,529 steps, respectively, compared with the reference quartile with a median of 3,967 steps\/day, were associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality (47, 55, and 67 percent, respectively). Compared with the lowest quartile steps\/day (median 2,337), there was a linear association seen for higher quartiles of steps\/day (3,982; 6,661; and 10,413, respectively) with a reduced risk for CV mortality (16, 49, and 77 percent, respectively). A nonlinear dose-response association was seen between step count and all-cause and CV mortality using a restricted splines model, with a progressively lower mortality risk seen with increased step count.<\/p>\n “Our results may be used to promote public awareness of the importance of physical activity, particularly in the easily implementable activity of walking,” the authors write.<\/p>\n Several authors disclosed ties to the pharmaceutical and technology industries.<\/p>\n