Incidental moderate-vigorous activity linked to lower type 2 diabetes risk

This UK Biobank prospective cohort study used wrist accelerometry to examine dose-response relationships between intensity-specific incidental physical activity (not structured exercise) and incident type 2 diabetes in self-reported nonexercisers. Among 22,857 participants followed for 7.8 years, the study reported that moderate- and vigorous-intensity incidental activity, but not light-intensity activity, showed near-linear inverse associations with diabetes risk, with median vigorous activity (4.75 min/day) associated with a hazard ratio of 0.62 and median moderate activity (23.70 min/day) with a hazard ratio of 0.67. The authors calculated that 1 minute of vigorous incidental activity was associated with a risk reduction equivalent to 5.9 minutes of moderate or 46.6 minutes of light incidental activity.

Most relevant for: Adults who do not engage in structured exercise, particularly older adults being assessed for type 2 diabetes risk.

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