Key result
Increasing levels of leisure-time physical activity, particularly regular brisk walking, were associated with lower stroke risk in a large cohort of women.
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Does leisure-time physical activity reduce the risk of stroke in women?
Cohort
Does leisure-time physical activity reduce the risk of stroke in women?
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Regular leisure-time physical activity, such as brisk walking, is associated with a lower risk of stroke in women, reinforcing current primary prevention guidelines.
Several meta-analyses support the importance of participation in regular, leisure-time physical activity for the primary prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease, as well as other associated health benefits. Whether both men and women benefit is not clear, in part owing to there being relatively fewer women in relevant observational and case-control studies. Data from the Women's Health Study have now been used to address this question in a large cohort of women. After multivariable adjustment, increasing levels of leisure-time physical activity in women tended to be associated with lower stroke risk, with a particular benefit of regular, brisk walking for those who did not vigorously exercise. The results reinforce recommendations that both men and women participate in regular, leisure-time physical activity.
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Larry B. Goldstein (2010) conducted a cohort in Stroke. Leisure-time physical activity was evaluated on Stroke risk. Increasing levels of leisure-time physical activity, particularly regular brisk walking, were associated with lower stroke risk in a large cohort of women.
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