Walking decreased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in older adults with diabetes
TC Smith, DL Wingard, B Smith… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the association of walking with mortality in persons with
type 2 diabetes compared to those with normal glucose tolerance. STUDY DESIGN AND
SETTING: This prospective study included community-dwelling adults from the Rancho
Bernardo Study aged 50–90 years in 1984–86 who had type 2 diabetes (n= 347) or normal
glucose tolerance (n= 1,317). During the 10-year follow up, Cox proportional hazards
modeling was used to model time until death from all causes (n= 538), coronary heart …
type 2 diabetes compared to those with normal glucose tolerance. STUDY DESIGN AND
SETTING: This prospective study included community-dwelling adults from the Rancho
Bernardo Study aged 50–90 years in 1984–86 who had type 2 diabetes (n= 347) or normal
glucose tolerance (n= 1,317). During the 10-year follow up, Cox proportional hazards
modeling was used to model time until death from all causes (n= 538), coronary heart …
Walking decreased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in older adults with diabetes
RMD Bernsen, NJD Nagelkerke - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2007 - jclinepi.com
] showing that walking≥ 1 mile per day might provide strong protection from all-cause and
non-coronary heart disease cardiovascular disease mortality in older adults with diabetes.
However, a few critical notes seem warranted. Firstly, in their Cox regression the authors
adjusted for “exercised≥ 3 times in the past week”(almost 82% of this population answered
“yes” to this question!). Apparently, the authors assume that there is no interaction between
exercising and walking, that is, the effect of walking is equal in the exercising and …
non-coronary heart disease cardiovascular disease mortality in older adults with diabetes.
However, a few critical notes seem warranted. Firstly, in their Cox regression the authors
adjusted for “exercised≥ 3 times in the past week”(almost 82% of this population answered
“yes” to this question!). Apparently, the authors assume that there is no interaction between
exercising and walking, that is, the effect of walking is equal in the exercising and …