The benefit here may not be the in the push ups specifically. This may just be a marker of a good level of fitness with its associated CV benefits. There may be other measures of fitness which would show an equal benefit. Dr. Glen Burgoyne.
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> On Feb 21, 2019, at 5:34 AM, Anoop Balachandran <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Here is the latest in JAMA open which is making the rounds in the media: Association Between Push-up Exercise Capacity and Future Cardiovascular Events Among Active Adult Men : https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamanetwork.com%2Fjournals%2Fjamanetworkopen%2Ffullarticle%2F2724778&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4c1445cbda984c4bc31508d6980152ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636863528784890602&sdata=0xuG%2FQNDDlnkL1JGFf%2BsleQe2eW%2FDLW2DE1GRjjP%2FCU%3D&reserved=0
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> They have adjusted just for BMI and age. My question is why aren't the analysis adjusted for CVD risk factors, smoking habits, and dietary habits?
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> "Participants able to complete more than 40 push-ups were associated with a significantly lower risk of incident CVD event risk compared with those completing fewer than 10 push-ups (IRR, 0.04; 95% CI, 0.01-0.36)."
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> A few thoughts:
> 1. This is the unadjusted. In the adjusted, it loses the significance for all comparisons except one. I do wonder if they had adjusted for other confounders, they may not see anything
> 2. How many incidents in the group that did the most push-ups (40 push-up group) : 1! So if they decided to just go for 3 categories instead of choosing 5, you may not see anything here
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> Any comments from folks in the CVD area?
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