Correlation Between Exercise Metabolic Equivalents and Risk Factors in Nonathletes With Atrial Fibrillation

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 138; pp. 128 - 129
• Main Authors: Swearingen, Sean, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne M., Rana, Natasha, Abid, Qurrat-ul-ain, Wasserlauf, Jeremiah, Krishnan, Kousik, Sharma, Parikshit S., Trohman, Richard G., Huang, Henry D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Factors; Alcoholism - epidemiology; Athletes; Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiac stress tests; Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology; Endurance Training; Exercise; Exercise Test; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Fibrillation; Heart Valve Diseases - epidemiology; Humans; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hyperthyroidism - epidemiology; Male; Metabolic Equivalent; Metabolism; Middle Aged; Obesity - epidemiology; Patients; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - epidemiology; Vagus nerve
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.10.028

Despite the extensive benefits of exercise on cardiovascular health, recent data demonstrate that long durations of intense exercise may increase risk for developing atrial fibrillation (AF), in particular for individuals with lone AF (ie, AF in the absence of traditional risk factors [RF]).1,2 Despite knowledge of elevated risk among dedicated athletes, it remains unclear if there is a correlation between risk of developing AF in nonathletes and level of functional exercise capacity. [...]this trend between number of risk factors and METs performed was not observed in the propensity-matched group of older patients (>50 years of age) with AF (p = 0.08). The current study suggests that for nonathletes, additional data are needed to shed light on the dose-response relationship between exercise and AF.Disclosures The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.