Apr. 8, 2010 Women who walked two or more hours a week or who
usually walked at a brisk pace (3 miles per hour or faster) had
a significantly lower risk of stroke than women who didn't walk,
according to a large, long-term study reported in Stroke:
Journal of the American Heart Association. The risks were lower
for total stroke, clot-related (ischemic) stroke and bleeding
(hemorrhagic) stroke, researchers said. Compared to women who
didn't walk: - Women who usually walked at a brisk pace had a 37
percent lower risk of any type of stroke and those who walked
two or more hours a week had a 30 percent lower risk of any type
of stroke. - Women who typically walked at a brisk pace had a 68
percent lower risk of hemorrhagic stroke and those who walked
two or more hours a week had a 57 percent lower risk of
hemorrhagic stroke. - Women who usually walked at a brisk pace
had a 25 percent lower risk of ischemic stroke and those who
usually walked more than two hours a week had a 21 percent lower
risk of ischemic stroke