Association of Smartphone-Recorded Steps Over Years and Change in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Working-Age Adults.

ABSTRACT: Background Few data exist on long-term steps and their relation to changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors. We aimed to examine the associations using long-term smartphone-recorded steps. Methods and Results The present analysis made use of data from 2 national databases and a commercial app database. We evaluated the associations between smartphone-recorded daily steps over 2 years and 2-year changes in the cardiovascular disease risk factors. A total of 15 708 participants with mean (SD) age of 44.1 (9.5) and 23.5% women were included. After adjustment for potential confounders, differences in weight were almost linearly associated with 2-year steps in men (estimate [SE] per 1000 steps/d: -0.33 [0.029] kg), and inversely related only above 5000 steps/d in women (-0.18 [0.054] kg).

SUBMITTER: Hamaya R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9707835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature