Association between daily step counts and healthy life years: a national cross-sectional study in Japan
Masahiro Nishi,
Reo Nagamitsu,
Satoaki Matoba
Abstract:BackgroundDespite accumulating evidence concerning the association between daily step counts and mortality or disease risks, it is unclear whether daily step counts are associated with healthy life years.MethodsWe used the combined dataset of the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions and the National Health and Nutrition Survey conducted for a randomly sampled general population in Japan, 2019. Daily step counts were measured for 4957 adult participants. The associations of daily step counts with activity … Show more
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