Until then it was almost unknown whether cardiovascular problems can affect the relationship between physical activity and health outcomes. This study suggests that while risk reduction for healthy individuals peaks at higher levels of physical activity, people with cardiovascular disease have no limit in terms of additional benefits, provided they exercise. adapted activity.
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Cardiovascular problems, physical activity and health outcomes
The researchers wanted to better understand this relationship to clarify the optimal practice of physical exercise in these patients diagnosed with cardiovascular problems. Researchers assessed the association between physical activity, major adverse cardiovascular events, death, and health outcomes, through analysis of data from 167,729 participants in the Lifelines cohort. The analysis shows that:
- increased physical activity reduces the risk of mortality in all groups;
- in healthy people, the health benefits associated with exercise appear to stabilize above a physical activity threshold;
- in patients with cardiovascular disease, researchers have found no evidence of an upper limit of physical activity above which there is no longer an additional health benefit.
Patients with cardiovascular disease should therefore be encouraged to practice more, an adapted physical activity. The recommendations for physical activity should not follow a single approach but better personalized, the practice and the type of activity “should” depend, among other factors, on the cardiovascular health of the subject, conclude the authors.
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