Little movement
The male gender and advanced age are already earlier associated with a higher mortality rate in relation to corona. Just like obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. An inactive lifestyle is now added to that. People who were physically inactive in the two years before the corona pandemic outbreak are more likely to die from Covid-19.
Physical inactivity is an important factor, according to the researchers. It is more serious for the course of the disease than, among other things, smoking, obesity or high blood pressure.
Corona
The study shows that Covid patients who do not or little exercise are twice as likely to end up in hospital, compared to the most active group. In addition, the risk of ending up in intensive care is 73 percent higher. Inactive patients are 2.5 times more likely to succumb to Covid-19.
Compared to other patients who exercise or exercise regularly throughout their lives, physically inactive corona patients are ten percent more likely to end up on IC and 32 percent more likely to die from Covid-19.
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