Just 15 minutes of exercise a day may lower older adults' risk of early death by one-fifth, a new study suggests.
The research included more than 123,000 people, aged 60 and older. The study's mean follow-up time was 10 years. Compared to those who were inactive, those with low levels of activity were 22 percent less likely to die during the study period, the investigators found.
In addition, for people with medium and high levels of physical activity, the risk of dying during the study was reduced by 28 percent and 35 percent, respectively, compared to people who weren't active at all.
The findings were scheduled to be presented Tuesday at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Sophia Antipolis, France.
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