Association between frequency of meeting daily step thresholds and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease in older women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations between the number of days per week achieving various daily step thresholds and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in older women.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study of 13 547 women free of CVD and cancer (mean age 71.8 years). We included participants who wore an ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometer for 7 consecutive days between 2011-2015 and were subsequently followed for mortality through 2024. Women were classified by the number of days per week achieving step thresholds of ≥4000, ≥5000, ≥6000 or ≥7000 steps/day. Cox proportional hazards regression estimated hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for all-cause mortality and CVD incidence, adjusting for lifestyle behaviours and como

SUBMITTER: Hamaya R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12747423 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature