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Asociación prospectiva de los pasos diarios con las enfermedades cardiovasculares: un metanálisis armonizado
Amanda E Paluch1, Shivangi Bajpai1, Marcel Ballin2
1Department of Kinesiology, Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst (A.E.P., S.B., L.K.).
Circulation
|December 20, 2022
Resumen
Menos de 10.000 pasos al día pueden reducir el riesgo de enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV), especialmente para los adultos mayores. Más pasos redujeron progresivamente el riesgo de ECV en personas de 60 años o más.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cardiología
- Salud pública
- Epidemiología
Sus antecedentes:
- El número óptimo de pasos diarios para la prevención de enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV) no está bien definido.
- Investigaciones anteriores relacionaron el recuento de pasos más bajos con la reducción de la mortalidad por todas las causas, pero los datos específicos de ECV son limitados.
Conclusiones:
- Un mayor número de pasos diarios se asocia con una reducción progresiva del riesgo de ECV en los adultos mayores.
- El monitoreo diario de pasos ofrece una métrica simple y procesable para la reducción del riesgo de ECV en entornos clínicos y de salud pública.
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