TY - JOUR T1 - Review: regular brisk walking improves cardiovascular risk factors in healthy sedentary adults JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 171 LP - 171 DO - 10.1136/ebm.12.6.171 VL - 12 IS - 6 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/12/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/12/6/171.abstract N2 - In healthy sedentary adults, does regular brisk walking improve cardiovascular risk factors?Murphy MH, Nevill AM, Murtagh EM, et al. The effect of walking on fitness, fatness and resting blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials. Prev Med 2007;44:377–85.Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★⋆⋆ Cardiology ★★★★★⋆⋆ Data sources: Medline and Web of Science (1971 to September 2004) and reference lists.Study selection and assessment: English-language, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of walking as the only intervention, with duration ⩾4 weeks, that assessed the change in cardiovascular risk factors in sedentary but otherwise healthy adults. 24 RCTs (n = 1128; mean age 52 y, range … ER -