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Swimmers & All-Cause Mortality

A cohort study of over 80,000 middle-aged people found that swimming provides a 28% reduction in all-cause mortality.

The 2017 study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, studied the associations of six different types of sport/exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk in a large pooled Scottish and English population-based cohort of 80 306 individuals (54% women; mean±SD age: 52±14 years). Selection of covariates was guided by previous literature adjustments made for age, sex, long-standing illness, alcohol drinking frequency, psychological distress, BMI, smoking status, education level, doctor-diagnosed CVD (all-cause mortality analyses only) and weekly physical activity volume (MET-hours/week excluding the volume of the sport that was the main exposure in the corresponding model). Participants who had doctor-diagnosed CVD at baseline (angina, stroke, IHD) were excluded from the analyses with CVD mortality as outcome. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to investigate the associations between each exposure and all-cause and CVD mortality and after adjustments, swimming participation was associated with a significantly reduced risk of all-cause mortality of 28% compared with no participation.

Oja et al Br J Sports Med (2017)

Swimmers & All-Cause Mortality

A cohort study of over 80,000 middle-aged people found that swimming provides a 28% reduction in all-cause mortality.

The 2017 study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, studied the associations of six different types of sport/exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk in a large pooled Scottish and English population-based cohort of 80 306 individuals (54% women; mean±SD age: 52±14 years). Selection of covariates was guided by previous literature adjustments made for age, sex, long-standing illness, alcohol drinking frequency, psychological distress, BMI, smoking status, education level, doctor-diagnosed CVD (all-cause mortality analyses only) and weekly physical activity volume (MET-hours/week excluding the volume of the sport that was the main exposure in the corresponding model). Participants who had doctor-diagnosed CVD at baseline (angina, stroke, IHD) were excluded from the analyses with CVD mortality as outcome. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to investigate the associations between each exposure and all-cause and CVD mortality and after adjustments, swimming participation was associated with a significantly reduced risk of all-cause mortality of 28% compared with no participation.

Oja et al Br J Sports Med (2017)

Swimmers & Vascular Function

According to a 2016 study in the American Journal of Cardiology, regular swimming can provide improved vascular function and significantly decreased carotid artery stiffness and inflammatory markers.

Brachial-flow mediated dilation

Swimmers & Heart Performance

According to a 2013 literature review in International Journal of Cardiology, swimming recreationally can result in an 18% increase in peak left ventricular end-diastolic volume and an 8% increase in peak systolic blood pressure.

This article reviewed the physiologic effects and cardiovascular responses to swimming, the cardiac adaptations to swim training, swimming as a cardiac disease risk factor modifier, and the effects of swimming in those with cardiac disease conditions such as coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and the long-QT syndrome. In the particular study noted, swimming was also found to improve bicycle exercise performance with VO2 Max increasing by 16% in 12 sedentary middle-aged persons.

Lazar JM et al; Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 20;168(1):19-26. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.063.)

Swimmers & Heart Performance

According to a 2013 literature review in International Journal of Cardiology, swimming recreationally can result in an 18% increase in peak left ventricular end-diastolic volume and an 8% increase in peak systolic blood pressure.

This article reviewed the physiologic effects and cardiovascular responses to swimming, the cardiac adaptations to swim training, swimming as a cardiac disease risk factor modifier, and the effects of swimming in those with cardiac disease conditions such as coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and the long-QT syndrome. In the particular study noted, swimming was also found to improve bicycle exercise performance with VO2 Max increasing by 16% in 12 sedentary middle-aged persons.

Lazar JM et al; Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 20;168(1):19-26. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.063.)

Swimmers & Cholesterol

According to a 2009 research review in the Journal of Sports Medicine, swimming results in a 10% decrease in total & LDL cholesterol.

Swimmers & Cholesterol

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