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Even if your arteries have more gunk, if you exercise, you’re still more likely to live longer than someone who doesn’t.

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High-Volume Physical Activity and Clinical Coronary Artery Disease Outcomes: Findings From the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.

Cohort Study
Human
2025 May 6

Even if people who exercise a lot have some early signs of heart plaque, they still live longer than people who exercise less — so exercise helps you live longer no matter what’s happening in your arteries.

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Device-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Relation to Cardiovascular Diseases and All-Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human
2023 Mar

This study found that people who move more — whether walking lightly or exercising vigorously — live longer, no matter what’s happening in their heart arteries. More activity = lower chance of dying from anything.

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