Risk of dementia reduced 50% by walking 9,800 steps a day Dementia Walking Exercise StepCount JAMANeuro UniSouthDenmark Sydney_Uni
Step count is a popular approach to providing physical activity targets for the general public. Higher step counts may reduce the risk of cancer, cardiovascular mortality, and incident diabetes, especially if performed with increased intensity. In addition, step count-based recommendations are easy to communicate, interpret, measure, and memorize and may be ideal for formulating guidelines to prevent dementia.
Data were obtained from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study conducted between February 2013 and December 2015, in which follow-up assessments were performed over seven years. Participants were asked to wear an accelerometer on their dominant wrist throughout the day on all days of the week to measure their PA.
Data adjustments were made for sex, age, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, education, alcohol consumption, smoking, vegetable and fruit intake, cancer and cardiovascular disease family history, medications, valid accelerometer wearing days, and accelerometer-monitored sleep. Spline Cox regression modeling was used for the analysis, and the hazard ratios were calculated.
The average age of the included cohort was 61 years, of which the majority were men. Among the participants, 97%, 0.8%, 0.8%, 0.5%, and 1.1% were Whites, Blacks, of unspecified ethnicity, of mixed ethnicity, and Asians, respectively. Higher step counts were observed for younger and healthier females.
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