Recreational exercising and self-reported cardiometabolic diseases in German people living with HIV
- Exercise is known for its beneficial effects on preventing cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) in the general population. People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) are prone to sedentarism, thus raising their already elevated risk of developing CMDs in comparison to individuals without HIV. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine if exercise is associated with reduced risk of self-reported CMDs in a German HIV-positive sample (n = 446). Participants completed a self-report survey to assess exercise levels, date of HIV diagnosis, CD4 cell count, antiretroviral therapy, and CMDs. Participants were classified into exercising or sedentary conditions. Generalized linear models with Poisson regression were conducted to assess the prevalence ratio (PR) of PLWH reporting a CMD. Exercising PLWH were less likely to report a heart arrhythmia for every increase in exercise duration (PR: 0.20: 95% CI: 0.10–0.62, p < 0.01) and diabetes mellitus for every increase in exercise session per week (PR: 0.40: 95% CI: 0.10–1, pExercise is known for its beneficial effects on preventing cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) in the general population. People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) are prone to sedentarism, thus raising their already elevated risk of developing CMDs in comparison to individuals without HIV. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine if exercise is associated with reduced risk of self-reported CMDs in a German HIV-positive sample (n = 446). Participants completed a self-report survey to assess exercise levels, date of HIV diagnosis, CD4 cell count, antiretroviral therapy, and CMDs. Participants were classified into exercising or sedentary conditions. Generalized linear models with Poisson regression were conducted to assess the prevalence ratio (PR) of PLWH reporting a CMD. Exercising PLWH were less likely to report a heart arrhythmia for every increase in exercise duration (PR: 0.20: 95% CI: 0.10–0.62, p < 0.01) and diabetes mellitus for every increase in exercise session per week (PR: 0.40: 95% CI: 0.10–1, p < 0.01). Exercise frequency and duration are associated with a decreased risk of reporting arrhythmia and diabetes mellitus in PLWH. Further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying exercise as a protective factor for CMDs in PLWH.…
Author details: | Camilo Germán Alberto Pérez ChaparroORCiDGND, Felipe Barreto SchuchORCiD, Philipp ZechORCiDGND, Maria KangasORCiD, Michael A. RappORCiDGND, Andreas HeißelORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111579 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34770094 |
Title of parent work (English): | International journal of environmental research and public health : IJERPH / Molecular Diversity Preservation International |
Subtitle (English): | A cross-sectional study |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Place of publishing: | Basel, Schweiz |
Further contributing person(s): | Andrea Ermolao, Daniel Neunhaeuserer, Francesca Battista |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2021/11/04 |
Publication year: | 2021 |
Release date: | 2022/06/16 |
Tag: | HIV; cardiovascular diseases; exercise; metabolic disease; sedentary |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 21 |
Article number: | 11579 |
Number of pages: | 10 |
First page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 10 |
Funding institution: | FAZIT-Stiftung (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung-FAZ) |
Funding institution: | University of Potsdam |
Funding institution: | COLFUTURO-DAAD scholarship |
Funding institution: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)German Research Foundation (DFG) |
Funding institution: | Open Access Publication Fund of Potsdam University |
Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften | |
DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten | |
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 69 Hausbau, Bauhandwerk / 690 Hausbau, Bauhandwerk | |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Grantor: | Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 768 |