744710login-checkClimbing more than five flights of stairs daily may lower heart disease risk by 20% |
By Regina Schaffer
Adults who reported climbing more than five flights of stairs daily were 20% less likely to develop atherosclerotic CVD over 12 years compared with those who reported never climbing stairs, according to data from a UK Biobank analysis.
“Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and lipid profile, especially among those unable to achieve the current physical activity recommendations,” Lu Qi, MD, PhD, FAHA, HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and professor in the department of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues wrote in the study background. Read more in Healio.
744710login-checkClimbing more than five flights of stairs daily may lower heart disease risk by 20% |