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Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and their association with cardiovascular profile in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study
Koutedakis, Yiannis Metsios, George S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Jet J C S Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou, Antonis Vitalis, Panagiotis Duda, Joan L Ntoumanis, Nikos Rouse, Peter C Kitas, George D
Koutedakis, Yiannis
Metsios, George S
Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Jet J C S
Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou, Antonis
Vitalis, Panagiotis
Duda, Joan L
Ntoumanis, Nikos
Rouse, Peter C
Kitas, George D
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The aim of this study was to investigate the association of different physical fitness levels [assessed by the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test] with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in patients with RA.A total of 150 RA patients were assessed for cardiorespiratory fitness with a VO2max test and, based on this, were split in three groups using the 33rd (18.1 ml/kg/min) and 66th (22.4 ml/kg/min) centiles. Classical and novel CVD risk factors [blood pressure, body fat, insulin resistance, cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), physical activity, CRP, fibrinogen and white cell count], 10-year CVD risk, disease activity (DAS28) and severity (HAQ) were assessed in all cases.Mean VO2max for all RA patients was 20.9 (s.d. 5.7) ml/kg/min. The 10-year CVD risk (P = 0.003), systolic blood pressure (P = 0.039), HDL (P = 0.017), insulin resistance and body fat (both at P < 0.001), CRP (P = 0.005), white blood cell count (P = 0.015) and fibrinogen (P < 0.001) were significantly different between the VO2max tertiles favouring the group with the higher VO2max levels. In multivariate analyses of variance, VO2max was significantly associated with body fat (P < 0.001), HDL (P = 0.007), insulin resistance (P < 0.003) and 10-year CVD risk (P < 0.001), even after adjustment for DAS28, HAQ and physical activity.VO2max levels are alarmingly low in RA patients. Higher levels of VO2max are associated with a better cardiovascular profile in this population. Future studies need to focus on developing effective behavioural interventions to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in RA.
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Metsios, GS and Koutedakis, Y and Veldhuijzen van Zanten, JJ and Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou, A and
Vitalis, P and Duda, JL and Ntoumanis, N and Rouse, PC and Kitas, GD (2015) Cardiorespiratory
fitness levels and their association with cardiovascular profile in patients with rheumatoid arthritis:
a cross-sectional study. Rheumatology (Oxford), 54 (12). pp. 2215-2220. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev035
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26209790
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1462-0332