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Stepping has been studied in 4 papers since 2021: 4 observational studies in people. The newest paper, Dec 20, 2024: “Associations of 24-hr Movement Behaviors With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome in Adults Receiving Outpatient Rehabilitation: A Compositional Time-Use Analysis”.

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“Duration and step volume of stepping events were positively associated with SF-36pf in females.”
Cross-sectional associations between temporal patterns and composition of upright and stepping events with physical function in midlife: Insights from the 1970 British Cohort StudyScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2024doi:10.1111/sms.14645

None of its findings points the other way.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

  • 3 independent labs in 2 countries
  • Funders: Economic and Social Research Council and 2 more
  • Humans4

What did studies of Stepping find?

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Studies of Stepping measured 1 outcome; the most studied are 2-hour post load glucose (1 study).

2-hour post load glucose

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1 study

  1. Stepping decreases 2-hour post load glucose in humans (Δ 2hPLG% = -3.8, 95% CI -7.3 to -0.2).

    “One hour less sitting with equivalent increase in stepping was associated with attenuated 2hPLG, with estimations similar in lower (Δ 2hPLG% = - 3.8 95%CI: - 7.3, - 0.2)”

    Humanscompositional time-use, lower diabetes risk1 h less sitting with equivalent increase in stepping

    Contrasting compositions of sitting, standing, stepping, and sleeping time: associations with glycaemic outcome by diabetes risk

    The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity

More on 2-hour post load glucose

What is Stepping linked with?

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Studies link Stepping with 2 measures, most often Metabolic Syndrome Severity score (1 study) and physical function (1).

Metabolic Syndrome Severity score

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Stepping is associated with Metabolic Syndrome Severity score in humans.

    “more time stepping was associated with a lower metabolic syndrome severity score”

    Humansoutpatient rehabilitationn = 145

    Associations of 24-hr Movement Behaviors With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome in Adults Receiving Outpatient Rehabilitation: A Compositional Time-Use Analysis

    Journal of aging and physical activity

More on Metabolic Syndrome Severity score

Physical function

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Stepping is associated with physical function in humans.

    “Duration and step volume of stepping events were positively associated with SF-36pf in females.”

    Humansfemales

    Cross-sectional associations between temporal patterns and composition of upright and stepping events with physical function in midlife: Insights from the 1970 British Cohort Study

    Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports

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