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Association Between Amount of Physical Activity and Clinical Outcomes After Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease in Cancer Survivors

Abstract

Background: The present study aimed to investigate the association between physical activity before the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and clinical outcomes in cancer survivors.

Methods And Results: We analyzed 904 cancer survivors (median age [interquartile range] 75 [68-80] years; 297 [32.9%] patients were female) who required hospitalization for treatment of CVD. The amount of physical activity 1 month before the admission was assessed using the 3-question (3Q) assessment tool, and categorized as minimal, low, adequate, and high according to physical activity level. The primary outcome was the composite events of all-cause death and/or rehospitalization for CVD up to 1 year after discharge. The total amount of physical activity was identified in 544 (60.2%) patients in the minimal group, 95 (10.5%) in the low group, 253 (28.0%) in the adequate group, and 12 (1.3%) in the high group. A total of 686 (75.9%) patients completed follow up, with 252 (27.9%) composite events occurring. Even after adjustment for various confounders, higher physical activity was significantly associated with a lower composite event rate (adjusted hazard ratio [95% confidence interval] 0.859 [0.833-0.900]).

Conclusions: High physical activity in cancer survivors was associated with a lower composite event rate after treatment for CVD. Assessment of prehospital physical activity using the 3Q score may be useful in their risk stratification.

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