Department of Medicine University of California San Francisco CA.
Division of Cardiology Zuckerberg San Francisco General San Francisco CA.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Oct 17;12(20):e030896. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.030896. Epub 2023 Oct 13.
Background Postacute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) and HIV are both associated with reduced exercise capacity, but whether SARS-CoV-2 or PASC are associated with exercise capacity among people with HIV (PWH) is unknown. We hypothesized that PWH with PASC would have reduced exercise capacity from chronotropic incompetence. Methods and Results We conducted cross-sectional cardiopulmonary exercise testing within a COVID recovery cohort that included PWH with and without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and people without HIV with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection (controls). We evaluated associations of HIV, SARS-CoV-2, and PASC with exercise capacity (peak oxygen consumption) and chronotropy (adjusted heart rate reserve). We included 83 participants (median age, 54 years; 35% women; 37 PWH): 23 out of 37 (62%) PWH and all 46 controls had prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, and 11 out of 23 (48%) PWH and 28 out of 46 (61%) without HIV had PASC. Peak oxygen consumption was reduced among PWH versus controls (80% predicted versus 99%, =0.005), a difference of 5.5 mL/kg per minute (95% CI, 2.7-8.2; <0.001). Chronotropic incompetence was more prevalent among PWH (38% versus 11%, =0.002), with lower adjusted heart rate reserve (60% versus 83%, <0.0001) versus controls. Among PWH, SARS-CoV-2 coinfection and PASC were not associated with exercise capacity. Chronotropic incompetence was more common among PWH with PASC: 7 out of 11 (64%) with PASC versus 7 out of 26 (27%) without PASC (=0.04). Conclusions Exercise capacity and chronotropy are lower among PWH compared with individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection without HIV. Among PWH, SARS-CoV-2 infection and PASC were not strongly associated with reduced exercise capacity. Chronotropic incompetence may be a common underrecognized mechanism of exercise intolerance among PWH, especially those with cardiopulmonary PASC.
COVID-19(PASC)的后遗症和 HIV 都与运动能力下降有关,但 SARS-CoV-2 或 PASC 是否与 HIV 感染者(PWH)的运动能力有关尚不清楚。我们假设 PASC 的 PWH 会因变时功能不全而运动能力下降。
我们在 COVID 恢复期队列中进行了心肺运动测试,该队列包括 SARS-CoV-2 感染前后的 PWH 以及无 HIV 但有 SARS-CoV-2 感染的人群(对照组)。我们评估了 HIV、SARS-CoV-2 和 PASC 与运动能力(峰值耗氧量)和变时性(校正心率储备)的关系。共纳入 83 名参与者(中位年龄 54 岁;35%为女性;37 名 PWH):37 名 PWH 中有 23 名(62%)和所有 46 名对照组均有 SARS-CoV-2 感染史,而 23 名 PWH 中有 11 名(48%)和 46 名无 HIV 者中有 28 名(61%)有 PASC。与对照组相比,PWH 的峰值耗氧量降低(预测值的 80%对 99%,=0.005),差异为 5.5mL/kg/min(95%CI,2.7-8.2;<0.001)。PWH 中变时功能不全更为常见(38%对 11%,=0.002),校正后的心率储备较低(60%对 83%,<0.0001)。在 PWH 中,SARS-CoV-2 合并感染和 PASC 与运动能力无关。有 PASC 的 PWH 中变时功能不全更为常见:11 例中有 7 例(64%)有 PASC,而 26 例中无 PASC 的有 7 例(27%)(=0.04)。
与无 HIV 的 SARS-CoV-2 感染者相比,PWH 的运动能力和变时性更低。在 PWH 中,SARS-CoV-2 感染和 PASC 与运动能力下降没有密切关系。变时功能不全可能是 PWH ,尤其是有心肺 PASC 的 PWH 运动不耐受的常见但未被认识到的机制。