Regular running in middle age and beyond may lengthen lifespans and retard the disabilities of aging, a longitudinal study showed.
Runners ages 50 to 72 had a 40% reduced risk of being moderately disabled or of dying after a 21-year follow-up than healthy controls, Eliza Chakravarty, M.D., of Stanford, and colleagues reported in the Aug. 11 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Disability and survival curves continued to diverge between groups after the 21-year follow-up as participants approached their ninth decade of life, they added.
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