Associations of Daily Steps and Step Intensity With Incident Diabetes in a Prospective Cohort Study of Older Women: The OPACH Study

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Physical activity has been linked to diabetes risk in adult populations; there is little evidence examining this relationship in older adults. We show that regular stepping, especially as a part of movement taken at moderate intensity, is associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes in a diverse cohort of women, predominantly in their late seventies and early eighties.

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