500 extra steps per day could reduce CV risk for adults 70 years and older

For every 500 extra steps per day, or an additional one-quarter mile walked, adults aged 70 years or older could reduce risk for a CVD event by approximately 14%, a speaker reported.

The results of a substudy from the ARIC cohort were presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2023. Read the full story in Healio.