It is both: the number of steps and the walking pace that count against all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, a new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found. This means different combinations of the number of daily steps and walking pace can be associated with a lower risk of early death.
“Our findings inform flexible step-based pathways to lower mortality risk for middle-aged and older adults, particularly those with barriers to increasing daily step counts or stepping intensity,” researchers said, highlighting that most of the studies did not look at the association of different combinations of daily step counts and stepping intensity with mortality risk.
