Halabchi Farzin, Mazaheri Reza, Sabeti Khashayar, Yunesian Masoud, Alizadeh Zahra, Ahmadinejad Zahra, Aghili Seyed Mojtaba, Tavakol Zahra
J Phys Act Health. 2021 Jan 1;18(1):8-12. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2020-0392. Epub 2020 Dec 1.
To compare the severity outcomes of COVID-19 disease between patients with and without regular sports participation.
In a cross-sectional study, the authors investigated all patients who visited the emergency department of Imam Khomeini hospital with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 from February 20 to April 20, 2020. Then the authors assessed all patient outcomes (outpatient vs hospitalization or death). Finally, the authors compared the outcomes between athletes with regular sports participation and others, adjusting for confounding factors of age and sex.
Of all 4694 adult patients, 249 individuals (137 males and 112 females with mean [SD] age of 36.45 [9.77] y) had regular participation in different sport disciplines. Overall, 30 (12%) athletes were hospitalized or died (30 and 0, respectively) compared with 957 (21.5%) nonathletes (878 and 79, respectively). Athletes with regular sports participation were 1.49 times less likely to be hospitalized (P = .044).
Regular sports participation may positively affect the clinical outcome, regardless of confounding factors of age and sex. The probability of hospitalization in athletes with regular sports participation was 33% lower than nonathletes. However, more longitudinal studies are needed to determine the causal effects.
比较有规律运动参与和无规律运动参与的新冠肺炎患者的疾病严重程度结局。
在一项横断面研究中，作者调查了2020年2月20日至4月20日期间因新冠肺炎症状前往伊玛目霍梅尼医院急诊科就诊的所有患者。然后作者评估了所有患者的结局（门诊治疗与住院治疗或死亡）。最后，作者比较了有规律运动参与的运动员与其他人之间的结局，并对年龄和性别等混杂因素进行了调整。
在所有4694名成年患者中，249人（137名男性和112名女性，平均[标准差]年龄为36.45[9.77]岁）有规律地参与不同的运动项目。总体而言，30名（12%）运动员住院或死亡（分别为30人和0人），而非运动员为957人（21.5%）（分别为878人和79人）。有规律运动参与的运动员住院的可能性降低1.49倍（P = 0.044）。
无论年龄和性别等混杂因素如何，有规律的运动参与可能对临床结局产生积极影响。有规律运动参与的运动员住院的概率比非运动员低33%。然而，需要更多的纵向研究来确定因果效应。
