The Claim

Each additional 500 steps per day is associated with a 7% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality, based on data from 17 cohort studies involving over 226,000 participants who were followed for a median of 7.1 years.

Source: The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis.

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
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Correlation
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In plain English

Walking a little more every day — like 500 extra steps — might help you live longer by reducing your chances of dying from heart problems.

See the scientific wording

Each additional 500 steps per day is associated with a 7% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality, based on data from 17 cohort studies with over 226,000 participants followed for a median of 7.1 years.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis.

    The abstract explicitly states a 7% reduction in cardiovascular mortality per 500-step increment, with a statistically significant hazard ratio. This is a key quantitative finding supporting the overall conclusion.

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