Increased physical activity, equivalent to 20 minutes of walking each day, contributes to reducing cardiovascular risk in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, according to an online edition for girls and women aged 14 to 35 years Pannochka. net This is evidenced by the results of a study published in The Lancet.

"People who walked 2,000 steps a day more than at the beginning of the observation had a 10% lower risk of heart attack and stroke after a 6-year follow-up (OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.84-0.96)," said Dr. Thomas Yates and his colleagues from Leicester University in England.

In the first year of observation, cardiovascular risk decreased by as much as 8% (OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.86-0.99).

Both results remained statistically significant after the addition of factors such as body mass index, changes in renal function and the occurrence of unstable angina during 12 months.

These results, obtained during the analysis of data from the NAVIGATOR study, according to scientists, "support the promotion of increasing the physical activity of outpatients, regardless of the initial level, as a very important part of the prevention of chronic diseases".

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