A higher daily step count was linked to a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a prospective cohort study presented at the 2024 European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR). The benefits of incremental increases (1000 steps per day) were particularly notable among specific subgroups of patients including females, older age groups, and patients with a higher body mass index (BMI).

“Existing evidence on the association between physical activity and RA remains conflicted due to a reliance on self-reported physical activity questionnaires, which are crude and prone to recall bias,” wrote a team of experts led by clinical research fellow within the Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences at Oxford University. “Wearable devices, such as accelerometers can continuously and more objectively measure physical activity level.”

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