Men who get regular, moderate exercise, such as walking or cycling for 20 minutes daily, may have a lower risk of heart failure compared to those with the lowest and highest levels of activity, a new study has claimed.
Researchers followed 33,012 men from the Cohort of Swedish Men from 1998 until 2012 — or first event of heart failure — to determine if physical activity was associated with heart failure risk.
Overall, men who had the lowest and highest levels of physical activity had a higher risk of heart failure, 47 per cent and 51 per cent respectively, than men with a median level, the study found.
The study was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure .
