“Walking pace is associated with risk of premature mortality.”
“We examined the associations between walking pace and cause-specific mortality, investigating the potential modifying effect of factors such as total physical activity volume, highest physical activity intensity, age, sex and body mass index.”
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“Prospective pooled analysis of 11 population-based baseline surveys in England and Scotland between 1994 and 2008 that were linked with mortality records.”
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“50,225 walkers were entered in the core analyses. Among participants who did not experience an event in the first 2 years of follow-up (n=49 731), walking at an average or brisk/fast pace was associated with a reduced risk of all-cause (20%) and 24%, respectively) and Cardiovascular disease mortality (24% and 21%, respectively), compared with reporting walking at a slow pace.”
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“……such associations were evident among those over 50 years, those not meeting the physical activity recommendations and those who did not undertake vigorous-intensity activity.”
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“No associations were seen between pace and cancer mortality.”
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“…..these analyses suggest that increasing walking pace could reduce risk for all-cause and Cardiovascular Disease mortality. Walking pace could be emphasised in public health messages, especially in situations when increase in walking volume or frequency is less feasible.”
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E.Stamatakis, et al
Self-rated walking pace and all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: individual participant pooled analysis of 50 225 walkers from 11 population British cohorts
British Journal Of Sports Medicine — Volume 52 #12 — June 2018
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