Daily life movement consists of all activity done while moving on ones feet during activities such as housework, self-care, gardening and cooking activities. Credit: Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego
” The study shows that all motion counts towards illness avoidance,” said very first author very first author Steve Nguyen, Ph.D., M.P.H., postdoctoral scholar at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health. “Spending more time in daily life movement, that includes a broad variety of activities we all do while on our feet and out of our chairs, led to a lower threat of cardiovascular disease.”
Researchers used a machine-learning algorithm to classify each minute spent while awake into one of five behaviors: sitting, sitting in a car, standing still, every day life movement, or running or strolling. Every day life motion encompasses activities happening when standing and strolling within a room or patio, such as when getting dressed, preparing meals or gardening.
Andrea LaCroix, Ph.D., M.P.H., Distinguished Professor and chief of the Division of Epidemiology at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health. Credit: University of California San Diego
As part of the Womens Health Initiative Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health study, scientists determined the exercise of almost 5,416 American females, who were aged 63 to 97 and who did not have cardiovascular disease at the start of the research study.
Individuals used a research-grade accelerometer for up to 7 days to get precise steps of just how much time they spent moving and, importantly, the types of typical life habits that result in motion and are rarely included in prior research studies of light and moderate-to-vigorous strength physical activity. Those prior research studies generally focused on intensity and period of activities like running and vigorous walking while the existing research study determined smaller movements at varying strength throughout activities like cooking.
Steve Nguyen, Ph.D., M.P.H., postdoctoral scholar at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health. Credit: University of California San Diego
Cardiovascular illness continues to be the leading cause of death among both females and males in the United States with rates highest in adults aged 65 or older.
In this research study, 616 women were detected with cardiovascular disease, 268 with coronary heart problem, 253 had a stroke, and 331 died of cardiovascular disease.
” Much of the motion taken part in by older grownups is related to life jobs, however it may not be thought about exercise. Comprehending the benefits of everyday life movement and adding this to exercise standards might encourage more motion,” stated senior author Andrea LaCroix, Ph.D., M.P.H., Distinguished Professor and chief of the Division of Epidemiology at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health.
Reference: “Accelerometer-Derived Daily Life Movement Classified by Machine-Learning and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women: The OPACH Study” 22 February 2022, Journal of the American Heart Association.DOI: 10.1161/ JAHA.121.023433.
Co-authors include: John Bellettiere and Loki Natarajan, UC San Diego; Guangxing Wang and Chongzhi Di, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Michael J. LaMonte, University at Buffalo– SUNY.
This research was funded, in part, by the National Institute on Aging (P01 AG052352, 5T32AG058529-03) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL105065). The Womens Health Initiative was moneyed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (75N92021-D00001, 75N92021D00002, 75N92021D00003, 75N92021D00004, 75N92021D00005).
Disclosures: LaCroix has been a paid specialist on a NIH grant for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Daily activities like cleaning dishes reduced heart problem threat in senior women.
Seniors remember, running or vigorous walking is not the only method to reduce the danger of heart problem. Merely being “up and about” carrying out routine activities, referred to as life movement, consisting of housework, gardening, cooking and self-care activities like showering can significantly benefit cardiovascular health.
Compared to ladies with less than two hours each day of every day life motion, those females with a minimum of 4 hours of daily life movement had a 43% lower danger of cardiovascular disease, 43% lower risk of coronary heart problem, 30% lower threat of stroke and significantly, a 62% lower danger of heart disease death.
Reporting in the February 22, 2022, online edition of the Journal of the American Heart Association, a multi-institutional group led by researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego studied the impact of life motion to cardiovascular disease risk.