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Walking pace

Exposure

3 papers study it3 findings

Across all fields, 3 papers: 3 observational studies in people

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.

  • 2 independent labs in 2 countries
  • Funders: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and 7 more
  • Humans3

Outcomes

1

Telomere length

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Walking pace increases telomere length in humans.

    “steady/average and brisk walkers had significantly longer LTL compared with slow walkers”

    Humansn = 405,981

    Investigation of a UK biobank cohort reveals causal associations of self-reported walking pace with telomere length

    Communications biology

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Associations

2

Cognitive decline

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Walking pace is associated with cognitive decline in humans.

    “increasing walking pace was associated with less decline at time two for the domains of visual scanning and tracking, working memory, visual spatial ability, and working memory, but not verbal abstract reasoning”

    Humansn = 583

    Role of light walking pace on cognition: Findings from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study

    Applied neuropsychology. Adult

Cognitive function

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Walking pace is associated with cognitive function in humans.

    “light levels of walking pace were associated with higher performance at the first timepoint and less decline by time 2 in the domains of verbal abstract reasoning and visual scanning and tracking”

    Humansn = 998

    Role of light walking pace on cognition: Findings from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study

    Applied neuropsychology. Adult

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