Objectively Measured Daily Steps and Subsequent Long Term All-Cause Mortality: The Tasped Prospective Cohort Study.

Self-reported physical activity has been inversely associated with mortality but the effect of objectively measured step activity on mortality has never been evaluated. The objective is to determine the prospective association of daily step activity on mortality among free-living adults.Cohort study...

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Main Authors: Terence Dwyer, Angela Pezic, Cong Sun, Jenny Cochrane, Alison Venn, Velandai Srikanth, Graeme Jones, Robin P Shook, Xuemei Sui, Andrew Ortaglia, Steven Blair, Anne-Louise Ponsonby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4633039?pdf=render