Cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity and risk of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 hospitalization: the HUNT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) has been associated with a reduced risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. However, the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 hospitalization has not been thoroughly investigated. We aimed to investigate the association of estimated CRF (eCRF) and leisure-time PA (LTPA) with risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 related hospitalization in a general population of Norwegian adults.

Methods

This cohort study included 48,821 adults participating in the population based Trøndelag Health Study (the HUNT Study). Individual data on pre-pandemic (2017-2019) eCRF and LTPA were linked to COVID-19 registries from February 2020 through September 2022. eCRF was categorized into sex-and-age spe

SUBMITTER: Eriksen EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12918651 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature