Overview

• Every extra 1,000 daily steps was linked to a 17 percent reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events among participants with high blood pressure up to 10,000 steps.
• Taking more than 10,000 steps per day was associated with a further decrease in stroke risk for hypertensive individuals.
• The fastest 30 minutes of walking at an average of 80 steps per minute corresponded to a 30 percent drop in major cardiovascular events.
• Researchers analysed wrist accelerometer data from 32,192 UK Biobank participants with hypertension and recorded 1,935 heart attacks, strokes or heart failures over eight years.
• Comparable benefits appeared in 37,350 non-hypertensive participants, with each 1,000-step increase tied to about a 20 percent lower risk of cardiovascular events.