Regular Walking, reduces risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Regular physical activity has long been found to associate to the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic diseases but guidelines to support an older adult in engagement in regular physical activity (PA) to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) are lacking.

According to joint study led by the University of Porto, in a prospective cohort analysis among 4207 US men and women of a mean age of 73 years(standard deviation=6) who were free of CVD at baseline in the Cardiovascular Health Study suggested, walking, reduces the incidence of CVD among older adults(1).

Dr. Mozaffarian D and colleagues at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston said, "light to moderate physical activities, particularly leisure-time activity and walking, (moderate leisure-time activity (approximately 600 kcal/week), walking distance (12 blocks per week), and pace (2 mph))are associated with significantly lower AF incidence in older adults"(2).

In the comparison of physical activity patterns and leisure time between patients with cardiovascular disease and individuals without a heart disease, suggested that low physical activity and use of longtime relaxation are associated with CVD and Regular participation in physical activity such as walking 2 h per week and 2-4 h per week, are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease(3).

Furthermore, physical exercise, such as distance walked and walking were inversely associated with prevalent CVD in patients with type 1 diabetes(4) and walking at least 2 hours per week was associated with a reduction in the incidence of 34%–53% from cardiovascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes(5)

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References
(1) Physical Activity and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study by Soares-Miranda L1, Siscovick DS2, Psaty BM2, Longstreth WT Jr2, Mozaffarian D2.(PubMed)
(2) Physical activity and incidence of atrial fibrillation in older adults: the cardiovascular healthstudy by Mozaffarian D1, Furberg CD, Psaty BM, Siscovick D.(PubMed)
(3) Use of leisure time in cardiovascular patients in Gorgan (south east of Caspian Sea). by Marjani A1, Ramazani MA, Khori V, Jamshir M, Alizadeh F.(PubMed)
(4) Association of physical activity with all-cause mortality and incident and prevalent cardiovascular disease among patients with type 1 diabetes: the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study by Tielemans SM1, Soedamah-Muthu SS, De Neve M, Toeller M, Chaturvedi N, Fuller JH, Stamatakis E.(PubMed)
(5) Low cardiorespiratory fitness and physical inactivity as predictors of mortality in men with type 2 diabetes by Wei M1, Gibbons LW, Kampert JB, Nichaman MZ, Blair SN.(PubMed)