By Mary Kekatos Health Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:00 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 19:00 GMT, 19 February 2019
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Women who exercise have a drastically reduced risk of heart disease compared to those who sit for long periods, a new study finds.
Cutting sedentary time by just one hour a day decreased a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease by more than 10 percent and heart disease by more than 25 percent.
Previous studies have shown that switching out sitting with physical activity reduces the risk of several illnesses including kidney disease, lung disease, liver disease, Alzheimer's and even cancer.
But the team, led by the University of California, San Diego, says its study is the first to look at whether long periods of sitting raises the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A new study has found that reducing sitting by just one hour a day decreased a woman's risk of cardiovascular disease by 12 percent and heart disease by 26 percent (file image)
For the study, published in Circulation, the team looked at more than 5,600 women who were between ages 63 and 97 and had not suffered a stroke or heart attack in the past.
The women wore accelerators, which measures movement or lack thereof, on their hips for nearly 24 hours a day.
Their physical activity was tracked for four to
