Findings seen among persons taking fewer than recommended number of steps per day<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter<\/b>
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For suboptimally active adults, accumulating most of their daily steps in longer bouts is associated with lower mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence, according to a study published online Oct. 27 in the Annals of Internal Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Borja del Pozo Cruz, Ph.D., from Villaviciosa de Od\u00f3n in Spain, and colleagues examined associations of step accumulation patterns with all-cause mortality and CVD incidence in persons with 8,000 or fewer daily steps in a prospective cohort study involving 33,560 persons. Participants were categorized as having activity bouts of <5 minutes, 5 to <10 minutes, 10 to <15 minutes, or \u226515 minutes according to the bout in which they accumulated most of their steps.<\/p>\n A total of 735 deaths and 3,119 CVD events occurred during an average 7.9-year follow-up. The researchers found that at 9.5 years, cumulative all-cause mortality decreased and was 4.36, 1.83, 0.84, and 0.80 percent for bouts <5 minutes, 5 to <10 minutes, 10 to <15 minutes, and \u226515 minutes, respectively. At 9.5 years, cumulative CVD incidence followed a similar pattern and was 13.03, 11.09, 7.71, and 4.39 percent for bouts <5 minutes, 5 to <10 minutes, 10 to <15 minutes, and \u226515 minutes, respectively.<\/p>\n “We found that among persons taking fewer than the recommended number of steps per day (<8,000 steps\/d), those who took most of their daily steps in longer bouts had lower risks for all-cause mortality and incident CVD than those taking steps in shorter bouts,” the authors write.<\/p>\n Abstract\/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n Editorial (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n