daily step count
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Clinical significance
- smart watches & other devices are used to assess daily step counts
- the CDC recommends 10,000 steps daily, < 5000 steps is sedentary
- at only 2300 steps daily, cardiovascular mortality begins to diminish
- at 4000 steps daily, all-cause mortality begins to diminish[2]
- at 10,000 steps daily, benefits begin to plateau, but continue to increase up to 20,000 steps daily[2]
* also see exercise
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References
- ↑ Saint-Maurice PF, Troiano RP, Bassett DR Jr et al Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults. JAMA. 2020;323(12):1151-1160 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2763292
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Banach M et al. The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: A meta-analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2023 Aug 9; [e-pub]. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37555441 https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurjpc/zwad229/7226309