Fast walking leads to lower risk of heart failure

A new study found that ANI Postmenopausal women with a faster walking pace had a lower risk of developing heart failure.

Among 25,183 women ages 50-79 years, there were 1,455 heart failure hospitalization cases during a median follow-up of 16.9 years. Compared to women who walked at a casual pace or a fast pace, those who walked at an average pace had 27 per cent and 34 per cent less heart failure, respectively.

The same risk reduction of heart failure as average or casual walking for less than 2 hours per week was associated with fast walking for less than 1 hour per week.

According to senior author Charles B. Eaton, MS, of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, the study confirms the importance of walking speed on mortality and other cardiovascular outcomes.