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Effect of Walking Distance on 8‐Year Incident Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Men with and without Chronic Disease: The Honolulu‐Asia Aging Study

Toby L. Smith, Kamal Masaki, Kaon Fong, Robert D. Abbott, G. Webster Ross, Helen Petrovitch, Patricia Lanoie Blanchette, Lon R. White

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2010 · 63 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

Daily physical activity (≥0.25 mile/day) is significantly associated with lower risk of 8-year incident depressive symptoms in elderly Japanese-American men without chronic disease at baseline.

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