A new study revealed that morning physical activity is associated with the lowest risk of heart disease and stroke, according to research conducted on more than 85,000 individuals published in the European Journal of Preventive Heart Diseases.
The study used data from the UK’s biological bank, and according to the “News-Medical” website that included 86,657 adults between the ages of 42 and 78 years who were primarily free of cardiovascular disease, the average age was 62 years and 58 % of women.
Participants wore the activity tracker on their wrist for 7 consecutive days, the participants were followed up due to the cardiovascular diseases that occurred, within six to eight years of follow -up, 2911 participants suffered coronary artery disease and 796 suffered a stroke, compared to the peak times of the activity during a 24 -hour period, The most active activity between 8 am and 11 am was linked to the lowest risk of heart disease and stroke.
In the second analysis, the participating investigators divided into 4 groups based on peak time for physical activity:
1) midday. 2) Early morning (~ 8 am); 3) Late in the morning (~ 10 am); And 4) evening (~ 7 pm).
The categories were chosen according to peak times for the activity in the study community, instead of specifying them before the start of the study, the links were analyzed between peak time of activity and cardiovascular diseases that occur using midday as a reference group.
After the amendment by age and sex, the participants who were more active in the early morning or late in the morning had a 11 % less risk and 16 % of coronary artery disease, respectively, compared to the reference group, in addition, those who are They were more late in the morning they had a 17 % lower risk of stroke compared to the reference group.
When the results were analyzed separately by sex, investigators found that the results were particularly prominent in women but they are no longer important in men.
Women who were more active in the early morning or late in the morning were 22 % lower risk and 24 % of coronary artery disease, respectively, compared to the reference group, in addition, women who were more active in late From the morning they had a 35 % lower risk of stroke compared to the reference group..
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