Exercise reduces COVID-19 severity risk Coronavirus Disease COVID Excercise AmJPrevMed KPSCALnews
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaDec 19 2022Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers investigate the association between physical activity and coronavirus disease 2019 severity outcomes among demographically diverse individuals suffering or not suffering from chronic medical conditions in a dose-response manner.
However, the amount of physical exercise required to protect against COVID-19 severity outcomes remains unclear. Moreover, data on the protective effects of physical activity against SARS-CoV-2 infection among individuals without any underlying chronic medical condition are limited. The study comprised Kaiser Permanente Southern California adults diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021, whose electronic health record data were analyzed. The study exposure was the median of three or more self-documented physical activity reports before the SARS-CoV-2 infection diagnosis among individuals who were continuously enrolled in the KPSC system for less than or equal to six months prior to the diagnosis.
Chronic medical conditions included those related to adverse SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and were present prior to the infection. These included hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, prior organ transplantations, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .
Consistently inactive and mostly inactive individuals were more likely to be Black or Hispanic, have BMI values equal to or greater than 30 kg/m2, and suffer from hypertension or cardiovascular diseases.
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