Brawner, exercise study: 74% lower hospitalization [p=0.001] https://c19p.org/brawner
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Inverse Relationship of Maximal Exercise Capacity to Hospitalization Secondary to Coronavirus Disease 2019
et al., Mayo Clinic Proceedings, doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.10.003
Retrospective 246 COVID-19 patients in the USA, showing the risk of hospitalization inversely associated with maximal exercise capacity. Adjusted results are only provided for MET as a continuous variable.
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risk of hospitalization, 74.2% lower, OR 0.26, p = 0.001, unadjusted, inverted to make OR<1 favor high activity levels, highest fitness quartile vs. lowest fitness quartile, RR approximated with OR, excluded in exclusion analyses:
unadjusted results with no group details.
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| Effect extraction follows pre-specified rules prioritizing more serious outcomes. Submit updates |
Brawner et al., 10 Oct 2020, retrospective, USA, peer-reviewed, 10 authors, study period 29 February, 2020 - 30 May, 2020.
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